Buchanan

Buchanan is the second port of the country, a low coastal town where an ore terminal at one end and a Fanti fishing quarter at the other face the same stretch of Atlantic. Silver Beach draws people out of town at the weekend and is the reason most Liberians come. The fishing harbour works through the morning with long painted canoes landing the catch onto the sand. Bassa culture is strong here and the script invented for the language is a local point of pride. The St John River meets the sea a short drive north.