Subject(s): thatched roof / Location(s): ahenkro - Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past

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1. Fires burning in the hills above Banda-Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: Controlled fire has long been used as a way to improve forage for animals, aid hunting, and amend soil nutrients. Here a controlled burn within Bui National Park is visible on the mountainside west of Ahenkro. The town's thatch-roofed market stands are visible (right) as are branches of the majestic kapok tree that once shaded the market on the south edge of town. Thatched roofs could easily catch fire and Ahenkro suffered major fires several times during the 20th century. Ahenkro, December, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Bui National Park
Subjects Facet:: Controlled burns; Thatched roofs; Villages; Markets
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-12
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.162890, -2.356993
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.162890, -2.356993

2. Marketplace at Banda-Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: Controlled fires burn in the hills behind Banda-Ahenkro, part of the Bui National Park. The remains of a small grass fire are visible in the foreground. The thatched stalls of the weekly marketplace are visible beneath the majestic kapok tree that once stood at the south edge of town. To the left, near the smaller tree, is the reddish iron roof of the first town clinic, home to a nurse stationed by the goverment in town. Ahenkro experienced several major fires in the 20th century, prompting people to opt for metal roofs when they could afford them. Ahenkro, December, 1982
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16730 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17799 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16751
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Clinic; Bui National Park; Stalls
Subjects Facet:: Building; Controlled burns; Thatched roofs; Landscapes; Metal roofing; Fires; Mountains; Markets
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-12
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

3. Marketplace at Banda-Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: The weekly market at Banda-Ahenkro was formerly held at this marketplace, its thatch-roofed stalls located on the south edge of town beneath a majestic kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra). The tree was downed in a storm in the late 1990s, after which the market was relocated to an adjacent village. Ahenkro, June, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16730; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16729; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17799
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Kapok; Ceiba pentandra; Marketplace
Subjects Facet:: Thatched roofs; Markets
Identifier:: 35
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

4. Main street, Banda-Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: The road from Menji to the Black Volta River passes through the center of Banda-Ahenkro, pictured here in 1982, view to the north. Earthen-walled buildings line the main street. Houses on the right-hand side have thatched roofs while those on the left have metal roofs. People walk in the center of the street as they move about town. Ahenkro, December, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16757
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Main street
Subjects Facet:: Thatched roofs; Roads; Metal roofing; Building, Clay; Villages
Identifier:: 14
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-12
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163211, -2.356557
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163211, -2.356557

5. Marketplace at Banda-Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: The weekly market at Banda-Ahenkro was formerly held at this marketplace, located on the south edge of town beneath a majestic kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra). Thatched market shelters are visible at the base of the tree. The ancient tree was downed in a storm in the late 1990s. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16751 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16725 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16729 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17799 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16734
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Ceiba pentandra; Stalls; Trees
Subjects Facet:: Thatched roofs; Markets
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07/08
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

6. Primary school students, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Primary school students and their teachers pose for a photo outside their thatch-roofed school building on the south side of Ahenkro, July, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Students; Education
Subjects Facet:: Thatched roofs; Building, Clay; Schools
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07/08
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.161810, -2.359203
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.161810, -2.359203

7. House courtyard, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: A partially enclosed courtyard area of a house, with wall stubs of a collapsed room (right). One set of rooms was built with sun-dried blocks, then plastered and roofed with metal sheets. The other building is also plastered, but roofed with thatch. Two hearths are located in the courtyard and each building has a metal barrel used to store water. A headpan filled calabash bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra) sits near one water barrel. A wooden mortar (left) is turned upside down, likely to protect it from foraging goats. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Headpans; Water barrels
Subjects Facet:: Goats; Thatched roofs; Mortars & pestles; Metal roofing; Courtyards; Housing; Building, Clay; Hearths
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07/08
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

8. Wattle-and-daub house, Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: Unlike atakpame (coursed earth technique of building), wattle-and-daub structures can be built quickly. The structure has a frame of horizontal and vertical poles, into which molded earthen balls are pressed to create walls. Whereas atakpame must be allowed to dry thoroughly before the next course is added, the "wattle" framing allows the "daub" to be placed and the walls completed without waiting for lower levels to dry. Ahenkro, December, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Atakpame
Subjects Facet:: Thatched roofs; Wattle and daub; Building, Clay; Housing
Identifier:: 8
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-12
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

9. Courtyard kitchen area, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: The courtyard kitchen area of a partially enclosed compound has two hearths with cooking equipment placed around. Several low stools and a wooden chair sit among metal pots, calabashes (gourds) and other kitchen items. A mortar and a basket sit to the right. A stack of dried blocks (right, rear) suggests that an addition to the compound is planned. More blocks are stored inside the open room whose wooden door has been removed. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Metal pots; Baskets
Subjects Facet:: Dwellings--Maintenance and repair; Thatched roofs; Mortars & pestles; Hearths; Gourd, Calabash; Courtyards; Bricks; Chairs; Housing; Stools
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07/08
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

10. Standalone house, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: While many houses take the form of compounds, people may build stand-alone structures that might later be added on to, creating an enclosed courtyard. Here, one side of the building is wattle-and-daub construction, the other side made by an atakpame (coursed earth) technique and later plastered. The wattle-and-daub technique allows walls to be built quickly, the frame ("wattle") allowing the daub to be placed without the need to let lower levels of the wall dry before adding upper levels. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Atakpame
Subjects Facet:: Plastering; Thatched roofs; Wattle and daub; Building, Clay; Housing
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07/08
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

11. Exterior house wall, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: The exterior wall of a compound built with sun-dried bricks. The varying sizes of the bricks suggest that rooms may have been added at different times. An entrance to the compound midway along the wall has been filled in with smaller blocks or atakpame. Goats find shelter from the heat of the day beneath the roof's thatched overhang. Ahenkro, August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Atakpame
Subjects Facet:: Goats; Thatched roofs; Villages; Exterior walls; Bricks; Housing
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-08
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

12. Preparing the evening meal, interior courtyard, Kafͻnͻ Katoo, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Women of Kafͻnͻ Katoo gather around multiple hearths in the compound's courtyard preparing the day's main meal. Kitchen equipment ranging from locally made pottery, metal pots, sieving baskets and headpans are visible. The women sit on low stools, some carved and others made from sawn boards. Posts surrounding several hearths create a rack for storing items. Thatch - and metal-roofed rooms surround the courtyard. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Kafono Katoo; Headpans; Metal pots
Subjects Facet:: Stools; Cooking; Courtyards; Hearths; Housing; Metal roofing; Food preparation; Thatched roofs; Pottery
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07/08
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2018
Commentary:: Negative scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

13. Re-roofing Kafͻnͻ Katoo, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Several men work together to replace thatch on the roof of Kafͻnͻ (Kafono) Katoo. Part of the compound has a metal roof, and the building's exterior walls are richly decorated. The bicycle pictured on the wall belonged to an Elder in the house. It is said to have been the first bicycle in Banda. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17141 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17347
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Kafono Katoo; Men's work
Subjects Facet:: Exterior walls; Dwellings--Maintenance and repair; Housing; Metal roofing; Thatched roofs; Bicycles
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07/08
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163454, -2.355734
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163454, -2.355734

14. 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

15. Primary and Junior Secondary Schools on the south side of Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Situated on the south side of Ahenkro against the backdrop of the Banda hills, one of the village's thatch-roofed primary schools (left) and the Junior Secondary School, still under construction but with one metal-roofed classroom in use. Ahenkro, July, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Education
Subjects Facet:: Building; Thatched roofs; Metal roofing; Schools
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07/08
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.161810, -2.359203
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.161810, -2.359203

16. Women preparing food, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Women in the central courtyard of a house compound in Ahenkro prepare the evening meal. A woman seated in the foreground readies dishes while women in the background cook over clustered hearths. A number of low stools are placed amidst a variety of metal, plastic and fired clay containers including buckets and pots. Calabash bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra) are among the containers being used. A repurposed metal drum (center, back) holds water for household purposes. A raised platform is stacked with firewood brought by the women from farm and stored until needed. Thatch- and metal-roofed rooms surround the courtyard. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Metal pots; Plastic containers; Water barrels; Women's work
Subjects Facet:: Food preparation; Thatched roofs; Mortars & pestles; Metal roofing; Gourd, Calabash; Courtyards; Firewood; Hearths
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07/08
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

17. Children playing, New Yam Festival, Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: The New Yam Festival (Finyjie Lie in Nafaanra) is a day of celebration for everyone, including children. Here children gather under the shade of a large tree around play hearths made with stones and clay where they are preparing for their own celebration. The thatched roofs of nearby houses appear in the background. 30 August, 1982, Ahenkro.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Children; New Yam Festival; Finyjie Lie (Festival)
Subjects Facet:: Thatched roofs; Play
Identifier:: 5
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-08-30
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164906, -2.355708
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164906, -2.355708

18. Woman pumping water, Ahenkro, 1990

Description:: A variety of charitable funding organizations sponsored the drilling of boreholes in villages across the Banda area from the late 1980s. Prior to this, families depended on local streams and rivers for water. Here a woman fills a headpan using a pump on the south side of Ahenkro. The thatched roofs of surrounding compounds are visible in the background. Ahenkro, June-July, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16800 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17181
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Boreholes; Headpans; Women's work
Subjects Facet:: Thatched roofs; Water pumps; Water wells; Water
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Date searchable:: 1990-06/07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163219, -2.356356
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163219, -2.356356

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