Location(s): ahenkro / Date: 1995 / Subject(s): metal roofing and litters (vehicles) / Genre: photographic print - Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past

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1. Procession to the Banda Cultural Centre on commissioning day, Ahenkro, 1995

Description:: Banda Research Project team members wearing blue shirts with the "Unity" logo and dresses embroidered in blue process down Ahenkro's main street from the Paramount Chief's palace to the Banda Cultural Centre for the centre's commissioning ceremony. Ann B. Stahl-- just enstooled as an honorary Queen Mother by the Banda Traditional Council under the stool name Lelɛɛ Yadwo Gongo II--is carried in a palanquin lined with kente cloth and shaded by one of the chief's royal umbrellas. A woman in local-made strip woven cloth stands left, with Binghamton University MA student Alex Caton wearing local dress to her right. To her right in blue-embroidered dresses are project team members Doris Millah and Doris Mensah. Visible in the background are the thatched and iron roofs of houses lining Banda-Ahenrko's main street. Ahenkro, 21 July, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Queen Mother; Banda Cultural Centre; Umbrella; Palanquin; Banda Research Project
Subjects Facet:: Rites and ceremonies; West African strip weaving; Thatched roofs; Metal roofing; Textiles; Clothing; Kente cloth; Litters (vehicles); Royal regalia
Creator:: Leith Smith
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 1995-07-21
Genre:: Photographic print
Genre Facet:: Photographic print
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164906, -2.355708
Date Digitized:: 2019-09-24
Commentary:: Color print scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164906, -2.355708

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