Subject(s): food preparation / Date: 2009 / Location(s): ahenkro - Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past

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Description:: Young women in the household of Sampson Attah pound cooked yam tubers in a deep mortar to make fufu. Mamee (left) and two other young women use round-ended pestles. Working together, they use the pestles to pound and turn the fufu in a pounding technique typical of food preparation in the Banda area. The pestles create a rhythmic accompaniment to the work as they strike the sides of the mortar. Household of Sampson Attah, Ahenkro, 27 May, 2009. Length: 00:00:54 minutes.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16790 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17149
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Techniques; Fufu; Pounding
Subjects Facet:: Yams; Food preparation; Food processing; Mortars & pestles
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-05-27
Genre:: Digital video
Genre Facet:: Digital video
Location(s):: Ahenkro; 8.163219, -2.356356
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163219, -2.356356

Description:: Beyaa (standing) and Afirye (seated) process fufu in a shallow "Asante" style mortar. The heavy wooden pestle is frayed at the base. This helps to break down the fiber in cassava tubers and make a softer, smoother fufu. Afiriye periodically turns the fufu with a moistened hand as Beyaa pounds using a technique more characteristic of southern Ghana where cassava is a typical ingredient in fufu. The preference in Banda is to make fufu using only yam (Dioscorea sp., finyjie in Nafaanra). Heard in the background is the rhythmic sound of young women pounding in a deep mortar nearby. See the related video at the link below. Household of Sampson Attah, Ahenkro, 27 May, 2009. Length: 00:00:53 minutes.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17147 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16790
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Techniques; Fufu; Pounding
Subjects Facet:: Yams; Food preparation; Food processing; Mortars & pestles; Cassava
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Language:: Nafaanra
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-05-27
Genre:: Digital video
Genre Facet:: Digital video
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163219, -2.356356
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163219, -2.356356

Description:: A youngster (Mamee) uses a wooden paddle to stir a pot as a woman (Afiriye) tests the texture of its contents with her right hand. They are cooking T.Z. in an aluminum pot resting on three laterite hearth stones. T.Z. is short for "tuo zafi," which means hot porridge in Hausa. Surrounding the hearth are a series of plastic and metal containers used in food preparation. A large blue plastic barrel, used to store water, stands in a corner by the house wall. Partially obscured by Mamee's right hand and her paddle is a portable "coal pot" on which an aluminum pot with two handles sits. Unlike the stone hearth, which is fueled with wood, this portable hearth is fueled with charcoal and may be used to prepare soup while starchy staple foods cook over the wood fire. Ahenkro, 28 October, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Women's work; Metal pots; Water barrels; Plastic containers
Subjects Facet:: Cooking; Food preparation; Food processing; Hearths
Creator:: Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-10-28
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163128, -2.356303
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163128, -2.356303

Description:: An adolescent girl (Mamee) uses a wooden paddle to stir T.Z. cooking in an aluminum pot over a wood fire. T.Z. is short for "tuo zafi," which means hot porridge in Hausa. The pot sits on a hearth made of three laterite stones. Surrounding the hearth are aluminum and plastic pots and bowls used in preparation. A proper stirring technique is needed to achieve the springy texture of this starchy staple, which is served with a soup. Aluminum sheets in the background enclose a bathing area, behind which a raised platform holding firewood can be seen. Ahenkro, 28 October, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Women's work; Metal pots; Plastic containers
Subjects Facet:: Cooking; Food preparation; Food processing; Hearths; Firewood
Creator:: Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-10-28
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163128, -2.356303
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163128, -2.356303

Description:: An adolescent girl (Mamee) sifts grain flour into a plastic bucket in preparation for making T.Z. (short for "tuo zafa," which means hot porridge in Hausa). T.Z. The fine flour will be added to boiling water to make a thin porridge, which is gradually thickened by adding more flour. Ahenkro, 28 October, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Women's work; Plastic containers
Subjects Facet:: Cooking; Food preparation; Food processing; Hearths
Creator:: Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-10-28
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163128, -2.356303
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163128, -2.356303

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