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1. Pounding fufu in a deep mortar, Ahenkro, 2009
- 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.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- 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
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.163219, -2.356356
2. Pounding fufu in a shallow mortar, 2009
- 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
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.163219, -2.356356
3. Women pounding yam fufu, New Yam Festival, Ahenkro, 1982
- Description:
- The New Yam Festival (Finjie Lie in Nafaanra) marks the day when people can begin to eat the new crop of yams (finyjie in Nafaanra). Here women gather round a wooden mortar to pound cooked yam tubers to make fufu. Women pound with heavy, round-ended pestles. Working together, they use their pestles to pound and turn the fufu. Pestles hit the mortar's edge as they pound, creating a rhythmic accompaniment to their work. The musical sound of women and their helpers pounding fufu or grain was an integral part of the soundscape of village life in the earlier times. To the rear (right) calabashes (gourds, chrԑ in Nafaanra) wrapped in netting are ready to be sent to market. To the front sits a pottery grinding bowl (left), a calabash (center) and metal cooking pots (right). Ahenkro, 30 August, 1982.
- 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/17-17149
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Techniques; New Yam Festival; Fufu; Finyjie Lie (Festival); Women's work; Pounding; Metal pots
- Subjects Facet:
- Yams; Food preparation; Food processing; Mortars & pestles; Gourd, Calabash; Markets; Pottery
- Identifier:
- 4
- 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;8.164591, -2.355672
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.164591, -2.355672
4. Preparing yam fufu, New Yam Festival, Ahenkro, 1986
- Description:
- Adjua Anane (seated left) and Akosua, her young relative, prepare fufu by pounding cooked yams in a wooden mortar. Sister Yaa Yable Wo looks on. In the foreground is a metal grinding bowl styled after the locally made pottery grinding bowls that are found at archaeological sites dating back to the 1800s and earlier. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17147
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Metal pots; Fufu; Children's work; Women's work; Pounding
- Subjects Facet:
- Yams; Food preparation; Food processing; Mortars & pestles
- 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;8.163178, -2.356290
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.163178, -2.356290