The lake village of Ganvié, known as the Venice of West Africa, is home to a population of fishermen. Lake Nokoué, where it sits, is a shallow stretch of water on the outskirts of the Beninois capital ...

The lake village of Ganvié, the largest lakeside village in Africa, can be found on a shallow stretch of water on the outskirts of the Beninois capital, Cotonou. It's home to a population of fishermen ...

Ganvie was founded by the Tofinu tribe, a population of West Africans skilled in fishing, who was known as "watermen" and lived on the coast of Benin before the 17th century. They moved their ...

A lot of things in this world are strange, strange in their own inexplicable way! Something of the sort you’ll get to notice in Africa too. There’s a lovely village here in Benin called Ganvie, also ...

Resting along the northern coast of Benin's Lake Nokoué is a quaint fishing village that over the years has become one of the country's most alluring tourist destinations. Ganvie – whose restaurants, ...

A unique and fascinating lake village of bamboo and teak stilted houses is attracting more tourists than ever before. Often dubbed as ‘the Venice of Africa’ , Ganvié is located near the southern ...

A region of Benin that has been dubbed the ‘Venice of Africa’ is attracting more tourists than ever before. Ganvie village was built in the middle of Lake Nokoué 400 years ago and its unique history ...

Cotonou is the largest city in Benin, a small West African republic on the Gulf of Guinea. In 1855, the French dug a lagoon canal connecting Cotonou’s ocean coastline with Lake Nokoue, the large lake ...

Typed index card reads, "R 2 Dah. Dahomey, near Ganvie. Sail boat on Lake Nokwe. Feb.-Mar. 1971. EE. neg.no. VIII-36, 36A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by ...

Typed index card reads, "R 2 Dah. Dahomey, near Ganvie. Sail boat on Lake Nokwe. Feb.-Mar. 1971. EE. neg.no. VIII-36, 34A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by ...