1. Aerial view of Banda settlements, 2019

Description:

An aerial view of Banda area settlements and roads, looking southeastward from the north side of Banda-Ahenkro, district administrative center since 2012 of the Banda District in Ghana's Bono (formerly Brong-Ahafo) Region. The linear range of Banda hills is visible in the background (right, top) with the compact core of Banda-Ahenkro center photo. To the west (right) and north (bottom), Ahenkro's houses are more dispersed than in its compact and older core. The left-hand fork of a Y-shaped road (center photo) is the main road that leads south towards Sabiye and Bofie to Menji. The right-hand fork is the now-bypassed old main road between Ahenkro and Kabruno. The road that extends horizontally across the left side of the photo is the paved road that extends from the Banda junction to the Wenchi-Bamboi road (N12). The clustered villages visible south of Ahenkro include Kanka, Kabruno, Sase, Gbao, Dompofie and Makala. To the west (photo's far right) of the Y-Junction, toward the base of the Banda hills, are light-green rectangular areas devoid of trees. These are fields once cleared for tobacco cultivation and now put to other forms of mono-cropping (single crop farming). To the east of Ahenkro (photo's far left) the angular straight edges and lighter green color of a cashew plantation stand out from the surrounding vegetation. Cashew has become an increasingly important cash crop grown in the area since the early 2000s. Two photos. Ahenkro, 25 June, 2019.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Relation:

https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16955; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16786; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16753

Location(s) Facet:

Banda

Subjects:

Vegetation; Cashew

Subjects Facet:

Landscapes; Villages; Agricultural lands; Roads; Cash crops; Mountains

Creator:

Dr. William Narteh Gblerkpor

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

2019

Date searchable:

6/25/2019

Genre:

Digital image

Genre Facet:

Digital image

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Banda;8.170771, -2.352672

People Facet:

Dr. William Narteh Gblerkpor

Sketchfab Uid:

Commentary:

Images extracted from drone video

Geographic Coordinates:

8.170771, -2.352672

2. Clay smoking pipe, Site A233, 2001

Description:

A short-stemmed, locally made clay smoking pipe, 2 views (bottom: view from side with pipe bowl to the left; top: view from top). Pipes like this were inspired by those used by America's First Peoples from whom Europeans learned about tobacco. Europeans introduced tobacco smoking to West Africa during the early centuries of trans-Atlantic trade. This pipe's cylindrical bowl has a flared pedestal base, the bottom of which shows signs of wear/abrasion. The bowl's rim has broken away. The stem joins the bowl at the base (a "single-angled" form). The cylindrical stem flares at the rim to a flattened lip. The pipe bowl is decorated with closely spaced rows of dentate impression. The flared base is decorated with several clusters of incised lines. Photo scale in cm. Site A233. 10 March, 2001.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Date:

2001-03-10

Location(s) Facet:

Banda

Subjects Facet:

Tobacco pipes; Pottery; Artifacts (Antiquities)

Identifier:

SF A233 01-183

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. N. Leith Smith

Date searchable:

2001

Date searchable:

2001-03-10

Genre Facet:

Digital image

Format:

Image

Location(s):

A233;8.17376,-2.49841

Sketchfab Uid:

Commentary:

Composite photo made using Adobe Photoshop 2020

Geographic Coordinates:

8.17376,-2.49841