Kainji Dam - Additional Displaced People
The construction of Kainji Dam displaced about 44, but another 41, 000 people between 1964 and 1968. About 3, 000 of the displaced people lived in the ancient town of Bussa, 000 came from as many as 239 smaller settlements along the Niger River.
About this community
- Dam
- Kainji Dam
- River
- Niger River
- Established
- ca. 600
- Inundated
- 1964-1968
- Population
- 41,000
Sources
- "Kainji Resettlement Housing: 40 Years Later" (2008)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainji_Dam, Ruth Shinenge Gyuse