Ganvie is a village in the middle of Lake Nokoué, near Cotonou. With a population of around 20,000 people, it is probably the largest lake village in Africa and a very popular tourist attraction. Unfortunately, the people that live in Ganvie do not seem to appreciate people floating through their town! This is the only place so far, where people have been rude to us. ( little kids pretending to shoot us with guns, adults screaming, etc).
The village was established in the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries by the Tofinu people. The people settled on the lake because the Dahomey's (a slave trading tribe) religion forbade the Fon warriors from entering water, therefore the lagoon was a safe territory for other tribes. ( Thanks Wikipedia for the specifics) Originally based on farming, the village's main industries other than tourism is now fishing.
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