Date: 2011 / Genre: digital image / Format: image - Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past

Description:: In June 2011, Banda Research Project team member Amanda Logan collaborated with local artist Kwame K.B. 2 to develop paintings for the Banda Cultural Centre's courtyard doors. The paintings illustrate handicrafts practiced in the area for which we have archaeological evidence. Here Kwame K.B. 2 stands next to his painting of a woman carrying pottery to market. Ahenkro, 8 June, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17077 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17078 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17079
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Community engagement
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft
Creator:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Contributors:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011--6-08
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

Description:: Banda Queen Mother Lelԑԑ Akosua Kepefu (center) shows an example of locally made strip-woven cloth to a young painter as a model for a painting on the Banda Cultural Centre doors. Enoch Mensah holds one end of the cloth. To the right, Afua Fofie, Linguist, looks on with artist Kwame K.B. 2. They stand on Ahenkro's main street (view towards the south). Ahenkro, 5 June, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17079 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17084
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Queen Mother; Lelee Akosua Kepefu
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; West African strip weaving; Villages; Streets
Creator:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Contributors:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-06-05
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164906, -2.355708
People Facet:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164906, -2.355708

Description:: A bowl of cleaned sorghum grains (Sorghum bicolor) is ready for use in the making of pito, a fermented grain beer. Ahenkro, 6 June, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects Facet:: Sorghum; Food preparation; Beer
Creator:: Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-06-06
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

Description:: Sorghum grains (Sorghum bicolor) have been boiled in water to make pito, a fermented beer. The grain will be sieved away after the liquid ferments. A woman lifts a calabash bowl (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra) of the fermenting liquid from the aluminum headpan that holds the mixture. Ahenkro, 6 June, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects Facet:: Sorghum; Food preparation; Beer
Creator:: Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-06-06
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

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