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1. Brong dance troupe, Banda Cultural Centre commissioning, 1995
- Description:
- A Brong dance troupe performs at the commissioning celebration for the Banda Cultural Centre. A group of drummers is seated behind the dancers. Visible in the background is the logo of the Banda Cultural Centre which is "Nyu nunu," (Nafaanra) or "Unity." This is symbolized by an Adinkra symbol showing two crocodiles who share a common stomach (two heads, two tails, one stomach; referred to as funtumfunafu in Twi). The symbol conveys the meaning "why fight over food when you share a stomach?" The Cultural Centre's main building pictured here was constructed in 1994-95 through a combination of Banda Research Project funding and communal labor supplied by Ahenkro's four Unit Committees. Ahenkro, 21 July 1995.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17115
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Banda Cultural Centre; Unit committees; Communal labor; Logo
- Subjects Facet:
- Dance
- Creator:
- Alex Caton
- 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;8.165961, -2.354312
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-09-24
- People Facet:
- Alex Caton
- Commentary:
- Print provided by Alex Caton scanned by Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.165961, -2.354312
2. 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
- People Facet:
- Leith Smith
- Commentary:
- Color print scanned by Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.164906, -2.355708
3. Sacred beads in a calabash container, Ahenkro, 1995
- Description:
- The glass beads considered sacred and used in the puberty (Manaa Ndiom) and marriage (Bijam) rites of Nafana women are stored within a calabash bowl, its lid lying next to it. Most of the beads are imported varieties typical of those that circulated in the Atlantic trade period. On top of two other lidded calabash bowls rests a pair of iron manacles or shackles which are included among ritual paraphernalia. Ahenkro, July 1995.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16943; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16944
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Manaa Ndiom; Bijam; Manacles
- Subjects Facet:
- Rites and ceremonies; Glass beads; Nafana (African people); Gourd, Calabash; Puberty rites; Shackles; Ritual; Marriage customs and rites
- Creator:
- Alex Caton
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1995
- Date searchable:
- 1995-07
- Genre:
- Photographic print
- Genre Facet:
- Photographic print
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.164906, -2.355708
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-09-24
- People Facet:
- Alex Caton
- Commentary:
- Color print scanned by Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.164906, -2.355708