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1. Habaa Katoo, Banda-Ahenkro

Description:
Oral history of Habaa Katoo (house), Ahenkro, describes how the family came to live in the Banda area and their movements in relation to wars between Banda and Asante. Also described are negotiations to settle a dispute with Kulango people and the history of how the family acquired the Kete dance from Kulango people. A list of former male and female heads of family is provided. To cite: Stahl, Ann, and James Anane. 2011. Habaa Katoo, Banda-Ahenkro. In, "Family Histories from the Banda Traditional Area, Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana, 1986," pg. 16. Brochure circulated 1989, reissued with photos and additional histories in 2011. 4 pages.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Kakala; Kete; Latolo; Bui ; Family history; Migration; Habaa Katoo
Subjects Facet:
Banda (Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana); Music; Rites and ceremonies; Gold; Wars; Oral history; Ashanti; Gongs; Kulango (African people); Nafana (African people)
Creator:
Stahl, Ann B. ; Anane, James
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl; Afua Kumah; Abraham Forjour; Adoa Tami; Enoch Mensah
Date searchable:
1986
Date searchable:
2001-07-08
Genre:
Text
Genre Facet:
Text
Format:
Text
Language Facet:
English
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:
2016-08-21
People Facet:
Stahl, Ann B. ;Anane, James
Geographic Coordinates:
8.164591, -2.355672

2. History of Gbaŋmbԑ [Gbangmbe] Katoo, Sanwa

Description:
Oral history of Gbaŋmbԑ [Gbangmbe] Katoo (house), Sanwa, describes how the family came to live in the Banda area and their role in providing xylophone (Balo) music at the funeral of the paramount chief. The history lists former male and female heads of household. To cite: Stahl, Ann, and James Anane. 2011. Gbaŋmbɛ Katoo, Samwa [Sanwa]. In, "Family Histories from the Banda Traditional Area, Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana, 1986," pg. 10. Brochure circulated 1989, reissued with photos and additional histories in 2011. 2 pages.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16696 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16697
Location(s) Facet:
Sanwa
Subjects:
Kakala; Funeral of chief; Family history; Bui; Gbaŋmbԑ [Gbangmbe] Katoo; Migration
Subjects Facet:
Banda (Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana); Music; Balo; Funeral customs and rites; Wars; Oral history; Xylophone; Nafana (African people)
Creator:
Stahl, Ann B. ; Anane, James
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl; Nyua Kwadwo; Amma Bio
Date searchable:
1986
Date searchable:
1986-08-06
Genre:
Text
Genre Facet:
Text
Format:
Text
Language Facet:
English
Location(s):
Sanwa;8.142199, -2.372039
Date Digitized:
2016-08-21
People Facet:
Stahl, Ann B. ;Anane, James
Geographic Coordinates:
8.142199, -2.372039

3. Calabash Use, Banda Area, Ghana, 1982-2019

Description:
This short video made from still images and video footage shows calabash processing and use in the Banda area, Ghana. Original images and footage are available in the Banda Through Time Repository. Banda, 1982-2019. Length: 5:02 minutes.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Date:
2019
Location(s) Facet:
Banda; Brong-Ahafo Region
Subjects Facet:
Gourd, Calabash; Cash crops; Farming; Songs; Music; Rites and ceremonies; Drums (musical instrument); Xylophone; Rattles
Creator:
Holly Marsh
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl; Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Language:
English
Date searchable:
1982-2019
Genre:
Digital video
Genre Facet:
Digital video
Format:
Video
Language Facet:
English
Location(s):
Banda; Brong-Ahafo Region
Sketchfab Uid:
Commentary:
Video made from still images, video footage, and audio in iMovie and Adobe Premiere Pro.

4. Banda Heritage Event: Kete Performance, 2019

Description:
At a day-long celebration of the Banda area's rich cultural heritage at the Banda Cultural Centre in Banda-Ahenkro, men associated with the Kralɔngɔ Royal Palace performed a Nafana version of Kete. Known primarily as an Akan royal practice, Nafana oral histories characterize Kete as a genre they learned from Kulango people. In this performance, four men simultaneously use brass rattles and play flutes that oral accounts say were taken from the Kulango in their performance of five Kete songs. They are accompanied by two drummers and a man playing an iron gong. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019. Length: 00:13:14 minutes.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Date:
2019-06-28
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Performance; Flutes; Kete
Subjects Facet:
Dance; Songs; Music; Rites and Ceremonies; Drums (musical instrument); Rattles; Gongs; 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

5. Banda Heritage Event: Bongase Bedu, 2019

Description:
At a day-long celebration of the Banda area's rich cultural heritage at the Banda Cultural Centre in Banda-Ahenkro, Ligbi community members from Bongase performed a masquerade dance which today they call "Bedu" but scholars term "Do." Two masks performed: Mbong (Baboon) and Gbanyamuso (Beautiful Gonja Woman). Their costumes include metal jangles worn around their ankles. The dancers are accompanied by women singing in Ligbi and drumming on conga and box drums, as well as by young men drumming and fanning the dancers. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019. Length: 00:15:26 minutes.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17128; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17138; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17335; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17127; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17130
Date:
2019-06-28
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Performance; Bedu; Do
Subjects Facet:
Dance; Songs; Music; Rites and Ceremonies; Drums (musical instrument); Masks; Wood carvings; Masquerades; Regalia; Heritage
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Ansoma Sala; Alaji Moro Mahama
Date searchable:
2019
Date searchable:
2019-06-28
Genre Facet:
Digital video
Format:
Video
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Language Facet:
Ligbi; 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

6. Banda Heritage Event: Kuulo Celebrations, 2019

Description:
At a day-long celebration of the Banda area's rich cultural heritage at the Banda Cultural Centre in Banda-Ahenkro, Kuulo people from Dompofie share customs associated with their wedding celebrations. A bride and groom accompanied by two girls sit as women sing songs of praise and dance in a circle around them. A pot containing pito (locally brewed grain beer) sits in front of them. The women wear strip-woven local cloth wraps around their waists. In an opening song, the women beat rhythms with calabash gourd drinking bowls as they dance. The gourds are placed in front of the newly married couple after the first dance. After the final dance, the calabash bowls are used to catch overflowing beer poured from the pito pot, signaling that the bride was a virgin when married. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019. Length: 00:20:21 minutes.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Date:
2019-06-28
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Performance; Kuulo, Dompo (African people)
Subjects Facet:
Dance; Songs; Music; Rites and Ceremonies; Marriage customs and rites; Gourd, Calabash; West African strip weaving; Heritage
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Daniel Kofi Nakpah
Date searchable:
2019
Date searchable:
2019-06-28
Genre Facet:
Digital video
Format:
Video
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Language Facet:
Dompo; Nafaanra; English
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.166006, -2.354521
People Facet:
Daniel Kofi Nakpah
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:
8.166006, -2.354521

7. Adjua Tini: Wisdom from Songs

Description:
Part 4 of a four-part video, based on an interview with Adjua Tini of Habaa Katoo. Though the interview was concluded, Adjua Tini wanted to close the session with a song. One song led to another, and soon she was joined by Lelԑԑ Yahͻͻ, with whom she sang a number of songs associated with courtship, marriage and funerals. Several songs toward the end of the short film are not accompanied by video footage. Ahenkro. Length: 00:36.05 minutes.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19210
Date:
2018-09-01
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Interview
Subjects Facet:
Songs; Music; Rites and ceremonies; Marriage customs and rites; Funeral customs and rites; Yams; Heritage
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Lelԑԑ Yahͻͻ; Sampson Attah; Enoch Mensah; Snyda Mensah; Patrick Mensah; Osei Kofi
Date searchable:
2018
Date searchable:
2018-09-01
Genre Facet:
Digital video
Format:
Video
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Language Facet:
Nafaanra; English; Kulango
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.162656, -2.355088
People Facet:
Adjua Tini; Lelee Yahoo
Sketchfab Uid:
Commentary:
Film produced using Adobe Premiere Pro 2020
Geographic Coordinates:
8.162656, -2.355088

8. Banda Heritage Event: Boase Bijam Celebration, 2019

Description:
At a day-long celebration of the Banda area's rich cultural heritage at the Banda Cultural Centre in Banda-Ahenkro, Nafana people from Boase share customs associated with their wedding celebrations (Bijam). Two young women dressed as brides wear local strip woven cloth and carry walking sticks as they approach the Banda Cultural Centre, accompanied by female relatives and young girls dressed in nubility attire. After circling the event grounds, the girls are seated and the women perform a series of songs and dances accompanied by calabash drums. Men and women well-wishers toss maize kernels in the water of the calabash drums as they dance. Afterwards, the brides, covered by cloth, dance behind an elder relative as other women prepare their path by pouring water from a bucket. Afterwards, locally made grain beer (pito) is poured into a calabash, overflowing to signal that the brides were virgins at the time of their marriage.In a final dance, female relatives dance with a bowl of food, after which gifts are presented to the bride's family. Many of the women wear locally made strip-woven blue-and-white textiles as wraps. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019. Length: 00:22:01 minutes.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Date:
2019-06-28
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Performance; Nafana (African people)
Subjects Facet:
Dance; Songs; Music; Rites and Ceremonies; Marriage customs and rites; Gourd, Calabash; West African strip weaving; Drums (musical instrument); 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
People Facet:
Tolԑԑ Ligbi Wulotei
Sketchfab Uid:
Commentary:
Film produced using Adobe Premiere Pro 2021
Geographic Coordinates:
8.166006, -2.354521

9. 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
People Facet:
Mary Konneh; Lelɛɛ Akosua Kepefu
Sketchfab Uid:
Commentary:
Film produced using Adobe Premiere Pro 2021
Geographic Coordinates:
8.166006, -2.354521