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1. Women playing calabash drums, Boase, 2018
- Description:
- Calabash drums accompany songs sung by Nafana women during the celebration of puberty (Manaa Ndiom) and marriage (Bijam) rites. These drums are played exclusively by women. The drums are made by filling a large hollowed-out calabash or gourd (chrɛ in Nafaanra) with water. A smaller calabash bowl (chrɛgbɔɔ in Nafaanra) floating upright in the water provides the surface on which the women drum. This short video shows the technique by which women strike the floating calabash and the rim of the large calabash with small calabash ladles held in their right hands. Visible at the bottom of the larger calabash drum are maize (bleju in Nafaanra) kernels tossed into the drum by passing dancers. The women sing as they drum. Boase, 11 November, 2018. Length: .23 minutes.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17123 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17122 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17326
- Location(s) Facet:
- Boase
- Subjects:
- Techniques; Manaa Ndiom; Bijam; Maize
- Subjects Facet:
- Drums (musical instrument); Music; Rites and ceremonies; Nafana (African people); Gourd, Calabash; Puberty rites; Corn; Marriage customs and rites; Songs
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Language:
- Nafaanra
- Date searchable:
- 2018
- Date searchable:
- 2018-11-11
- Genre:
- Digital video
- Genre Facet:
- Digital video
- Format:
- Video
- Location(s):
- Boase;8.018356, -2.298013
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.018356, -2.298013
2. Kuulo History. Interview with Elders of Kuulo Katoo, Dompofie, 6 August 1986
- Description:
- A video made from a photo and original cassette tape audio recording of a 1986 family history interview with Elders of Kuulo Katoo in Dompofie, Banda. Female head of family, Lelɛɛ Afua Fofie (age, c. 90 yrs), shared in the Nafaanra language the history of Wurache, female ancestress of Kuulo Katoo. The interview was conducted by Dr. Ann Stahl and James Anane as part of a 1986 research project on family histories of the Banda area. Also participating in the interview were: Dompofie Odikro and male head of family, Tolɛɛ Kwadwo Fordjour (age, c. 95 yrs), Kwame Broma (age, c. 80 yrs), Kwasi Donkor (age, c. 70 yrs), Kwasi Millah (age, 60 yrs), Kwabena Mensah (age, 60 yrs), Kwame Dɔmeabra (age, 55 yrs) and Emmanuel Dwira (age, 33 yrs). The original audio has been edited to exclude (poorly audible) translations of Nafaanra dialogue into English. The original cassette recording ended prior to the conclusion of the interview, and thus does not capture the full exchange in Nafaanra. An English translation of the interview and the still image of Dompofie elders are available in the Banda Through Time repository (links below). Dompofie, 6 August, 1986. Length: 15.38 minutes.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17487; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16690
- Date:
- 1986-08-06
- Location(s) Facet:
- Dompofie
- Subjects:
- Makala; Dompo; Trafun; Land dispute; Lando; Kuulo Katoo; Ligbi; Family history; Gbaha
- Subjects Facet:
- Horses; Oral history; Drums (musical instrument); Banda (Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana); Adansonia; Nafana (African people); Rites and ceremonies
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Afua Fofie; Kwadwo Fordjour; Kwasi Millah; Kwabena Mensah; Kwame Broma; Kwame Dɔmeabra; Emmanuel Dwira; Kwasi Donkor; James Anane
- Date searchable:
- 1986
- Date searchable:
- 1986-08-06
- Genre:
- Digital video
- Genre Facet:
- Digital video
- Format:
- Video
- Language Facet:
- Nafaanra
- Location(s):
- Dompofie; 8.148619, -2.366971
- Date Digitized:
- 2020
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Commentary:
- Original cassette tape audio recording digitized using an Ion Tape to PC system. Video made using Adobe Premier Pro.
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.8148619, -2.366971
3. Banda Heritage Event: Ahenkro Celebrations, 2019
- Description:
- At a day-long celebration of the Banda area's rich cultural heritage at the Banda Cultural Centre in Banda-Ahenkro, people from Ahenkro share Nafana songs and dances associated with with girls' puberty rites (Manaa Ndiom) and wedding celebrations (Bijam). The film opens with photos of girls dressed in Manaa Ndiom attire during the 1995 inauguration of the Banda Cultural Centre. A series of songs and dances performed at the 2019 event follows, accompanied by the rhythms of calabash drums, calabash rattles and, in some cases, a wooden drum. The group is joined in the first song by District Chief Executive Mary Konneh who plays calabash rattles and dances. Seated under the shade of the canopy, Afua Donkor demonstrates how to spin cotton while others sing and dance. Young people can be seen using their cell phones to record the action. Many of the Elder women who perform wear locally made strip-woven blue-and-white textiles as skirt wraps. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019. Length: 00:15:57 minutes.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Date:
- 2019-06-28
- Subjects:
- Performance; Cell phones
- Subjects Facet:
- Nafana (African people); Dance; Songs; Music; Rites and Ceremonies; Marriage customs and rites; Gourd, Calabash; West African strip weaving; Drums (musical instrument); Rattles; Heritage
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2019
- Date searchable:
- 2019-06-28
- Genre Facet:
- Digital video
- Format:
- Video
- Source:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Language Facet:
- Nafaanra; English
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.166006, -2.354521
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Commentary:
- Film produced using Adobe Premiere Pro 2021
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.166006, -2.354521