The City of God Beneath the River

The City of God Beneath the River

In Ghana’s rapidly urbanizing landscape, the slums have become both a crucible of survival and a harbinger of the nation’s future. By 2023, 59.2% of Ghanaians live in urban areas, with 12 million confined to sprawling slums like Agbogbloshie, where life teeters on the edge of collapse. Here, electronic and plastic waste convergence creates a toxic ecosystem that poisons the land, its people, and the sacred waters of the Odaw River and Korle Lagoon—once revered as gods, now polluted beyond recognition. This film delves into the human and environmental cost of unchecked urbanization, revealing how the fate of the slums holds profound implications for Ghana’s development and survival.

Country
Ghana

Category
Student Film

Runtime
00:19:48

Directed by
Edmund Tetteh Agorhom