In coastal Ghana, female oyster farmers try to save an old practice threatened by climate change

By NAA ADORKOR CUDJOE and OPE ADETAYO

TSOKOMEY, Ghana (AP) — Beatrice Nutekpor weaves through the mangroves in Tsokomey community, just outside of Ghana’s capital of Accra, every day to harvest oysters for sale . It’s a family tradition she’s been doing since she was 15. Now 45, she is struggling to sustain the practice and pass it to her daughter. —

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