Subject(s): agriculture / Language: english - Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past

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Description:: An educational poster with pictures and text focused on histories of farming and drought in the Banda area. It describes how archaeologists learn about farming in the past and what has been learned about the foods which Banda peoples used in a period of severe drought several centuries ago. It is one of five posters prepared for a Banda community event held in 2014. Printed versions of the posters are available in the Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Farming; Community engagement; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Droughts; Agriculture; Foodways; Sorghum; Corn; Pearl millet; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Contributors:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 1000-2000
Date searchable:: 2014-07
Genre:: Poster
Genre Facet:: Poster
Format:: Image
Language Facet:: English
Location(s):: Banda
Date Digitized:: 2014

Description:: Part 1 of an interview with Yaw Manje of Banda-Ahenkro, family head of Hakolo Katoo. Yaw Manje talks about how farmers in the Banda area took up tobacco farming in the 1980s and 1990s and reflects on how growing cash crops like tobacco and cotton affected the land and local communities. This short video focuses on the English translation provided by interviewer Enoch Mensah. A version of Part 1 with the full dialogue in Nafaanra and English is available through a link below. Also available through the "iaff_works" link below through UVic Libraries is the full interview with Yaw Manje. Ahenkro, 13 August, 2018. Length: 00:13:57
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19204; https://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/55680147-5815-4372-b3e7-4119d1a65993
Date:: 2018-08-13
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects Facet:: Agriculture; Farming; Cash crops; Tobacco; Charcoal
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Yaw Manje; Enoch Mensah; Sampson Attah
Date searchable:: 2018
Date searchable:: 2018-08-13
Genre Facet:: Digital video
Format:: Video
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Language Facet:: English; Nafaanra
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163833, -2.357833
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163833, -2.357833

Description:: Part 1 of an interview with Yaw Manje of Banda-Ahenkro, who is family head of Hakolo Katoo. Yaw Manje talks about how farmers in the Banda area took up tobacco farming in the 1980s and 1990s and reflects on how growing cash crops like tobacco and cotton affected the land and local communities. This video includes the full dialogue in Nafaanra and English. A shorter version focused on the English translation by Enoch Mensah is available through a link below. Also available at the "iaff_works" link below through UVic Libraries is the full interview with Yaw Manje. Shorter topically focused excerpts of this interview are available at the links below. Ahenkro, 13 August, 2018. Length: 00:19:36
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19203; https://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/55680147-5815-4372-b3e7-4119d1a65993
Date:: 2018-08-13
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects Facet:: Agriculture; Farming; Cash crops; Tobacco; Charcoal
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Yaw Manje; Enoch Mensah; Sampson Attah; James Anane
Date searchable:: 2018
Date searchable:: 2018-08-13
Genre Facet:: Digital video
Format:: Video
Language Facet:: Nafaanra; English
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163833, -2.357833
People Depicted:: Yaw Manje
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163833, -2.357833

Description:: A no-trespassing sign posted by the Bui Power Authority along the paved Ahenkro-Bongase road several kilometers north of Ahenkro identifies "land under acquisition" by the Bui Power Authority (BPA). Electrical poles and wires run along the roadside. The large land parcel under acquisition by BPA has long been home to farms worked by families in Ahenkro and Bongase. These farms produce food for household consumption and cash crops, including cashew. View looking northward, Ahenkro-Bongase road, June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 2016-06-20
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro; Bongase
Subjects Facet:: Agriculture; Cash crops; Bui Dam (Ghana); Roads; Electrification
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Language:: English
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-06-20
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Language Facet:: English
Location(s):: Ahenkro; Bongase
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.198, -2.33472222

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