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​Yvette Tetteh in the The Woman Who Does Not Fear boat in Ghana.

Yvette Tetteh in the The Woman Who Does Not Fear boat in Ghana.

Photo by Ofoe Amegavie / Agbetsi Living Water Expedition / The Or Foundation.

Into the Volta: How Yvette Tetteh Challenged Ghana’s Textile Waste Crisis With a Swimming Expedition

The Ghanaian athlete swam across 450km of the Volta River, an odyssey that was challenging but fulfilling, hoping to bring more attention to the age-long waste colonialism in her country