These rare photos of the Bobowasi Island Lighthouse at Axim, Ghana, were provided by Tracy Smith of Tide Land Signal, Ltd., and contributed to the Directory by Walt Hempel. The lighthouse was built in 1915. For a long time after Ghana's independence in 1957 the light was not in service. It was reactivated sometime around 2003. In 2008 it was one of several lighthouses in Ghana restored and refurbished by Tide Land Signal, Ltd. Tide Land installed a new solar-powered light and all new wiring and controls.
![]() |
![]() |
Photos copyright Tide Land Signal, Ltd.; all rights reserved; used by permission
Return to the Ghana directory page | Return to the Lighthouse Directory index
Posted March 3, 2009. Checked and revised May 10, 2025. Site copyright 2025 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.