Gbeka
The place
Gbeka in the Tonkpi region, Man/Danané area (Western mountains, 18 Mountains range on the Guinea/Liberia border, Côte d'Ivoire), at 426 m elevation, foothills of the Man Mountains. Continuous Côte d'Ivoire cluster (batches 260-407). Traditional Dan village in the western mountains (Man 190,000 inhabitants capital of the Tonkpi Western region + Danané 30,000 inhabitants bordering LR + 18 Mountains 1,189 m Mount Momi + Yapleu iconic Dan village + heritage of the Dan/Yacouba (Mandé Dan people 800,000 dan language + Yacouba/Dan-Gio 400,000 iconic + iconic heritage of Dan/Yacouba masks iconic Louvre Museum iconic African art + iconic heritage of Côte d'Ivoire independence 7 August 1960 Félix Houphouët-Boigny 1960-1993 33 years "Vieux" iconic father figure + iconic heritage of the Ivorian miracle 1960s-1970s 7% growth/year cocoa world's #1 producer 40% iconic + iconic heritage of Yamoussoukro Basilica of Our Lady of Peace 1990 largest basilica in the world 158 m + iconic heritage of the civil war 2002-2007 northern rebels Alassane Ouattara Southern Laurent Gbagbo iconic + post-election crisis 2010-2011 3,000 dead Gbagbo transferred to the ICC The Hague 30 November 2011 acquitted 2019 + Ouattara 2010-present + iconic cocoa heritage 40% of world production 2 M tonnes 900,000 producers iconic + child labour 800,000 iconic ethical issue + iconic heritage of Didier Drogba born 1978 iconic footballer Chelsea legend 2004-2012 iconic).
The setting
Tonkpi Man/Danané W mountains 18 Mountains GN LR CI border 426 m foothills of the Man Mountains, continuous cluster batches 260-407, traditional Dan village western mountains + Man 190,000 capital of Tonkpi + Danané 30,000 bordering LR + 18 Mountains 1,189 m Momi + Yapleu iconic, Dan/Yacouba Mandé Dan 800,000 dan + Yacouba/Dan-Gio 400,000 + Dan/Yacouba masks iconic Louvre African art + independence 7 August 1960 Houphouët-Boigny 1960-1993 33 years "Vieux" iconic father figure + Ivorian miracle 1960s-1970s 7% growth/year cocoa world's #1 producer 40% iconic + Yamoussoukro basilica 1990 world's largest 158 m + civil war 2002-2007 Northern rebels Ouattara Southern Gbagbo iconic + post-election crisis 2010-2011 3,000 dead Gbagbo ICC 30 Nov 2011 acquitted 2019 + Ouattara 2010+ + cocoa 40% world 2 M t 900,000 producers iconic + child labour 800,000 iconic + Drogba born 1978 footballer Chelsea legend 2004-2012 iconic.
