Location(s): ahenkro - Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past

1. Male and female heads of family, Loobia Katoo, 1986

Description:: Family history interview with Elders of Loobia Katoo dressed in customary attire for the Yualie Festival celebrated at the harvest time for sorghum and millet. Loobia Katoo supplies the custodian of the Jafun shrine to which offerings are made during the Yualie Festival. The family brought the shrine to Banda from Senyon (Northern Region) during the time of Dabla, paramount chief of Banda. In the background (left) calabash (gourd) bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra) are set out to dry. Left: custodian of the Jafun shrine, Kwadwo Kamiekunu (Jafun Bͻͻnyiifun); right: Amman Nyiimor (female head), 24 July, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17488
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Family history; Loobia Katoo
Subjects Facet:: Rites and ceremonies; Oral history; Gourd, Calabash
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07-24
Genre:: Black-and-white negative
Genre Facet:: Black-and-white negative
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Negative scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

2. Members of Shiofi Katoo, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Family history interview with Elders of Shiofi Katoo including Kofi Asare (Abakomahene; seated, second from left). Other members of Shiofi Katoo to the right of Asare, Kwabena Dibi, Yaw Krah, and (standing center) Mensah Listowell. Female head Kosua Yablewo, standing, back right. James Anane (interviewer), standing left. Ahenkro, 24 July, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17493
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Shiofi Katoo; Family history
Subjects Facet:: Oral history
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07-24
Genre:: Black-and-white negative
Genre Facet:: Black-and-white negative
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Negative scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

3. Members of Yaw Dabla Katoo, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Family history interview with members of Yaw Dabla Katoo: Kwaku Zuku (Apamhene; left) and Jonathan Kwabena Miwo (middle), Ahenkro, 24 July, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17500
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Family history; Yaw Dabla Katoo
Subjects Facet:: Oral history
Creator:: Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07-24
Genre:: Black-and-white negative
Genre Facet:: Black-and-white negative
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Negative scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

4. Yaw Fori, Swordbearer, Kafͻnͻ Katoo, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Kafͻnͻ Katoo, Ahenkro, has long provided swordbearers (Bͻͻnfiԑn Yiifun) to the Banda paramount stool. Yaw Fori, pictured here, held the position in 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17484 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16689
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Kafͻnͻ [Kafono] Katoo; Family history; Swordbearers
Subjects Facet:: Oral history
Creator:: Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07-29
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

5. Members of Kofi Krԑma Katoo, Ahenkro , 1986

Description:: Family history interview with Elders of Kofi Krԑma [Krema] Katoo. Seated center Donkor Amma, female head; seated right Kwadwo Abedi, male head. Banda-Ahenkro, 13 August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17486
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Kofi Krԑma [Krema] Katoo; Family history
Subjects Facet:: Oral history
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-08-13
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
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

6. Elders of Kafͻnͻ Katoo, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Family history interview with Elders of Kafͻnͻ Katoo: left, Yaw Fori (Bͻͻnfiԑn Yiifun); right, Kupo Aboateaa, Bamuhene, Ahenkro, 23 July, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17484 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16688
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Kafͻnͻ [Kafono] Katoo; Family history
Subjects Facet:: Oral history
Creator:: Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07-23
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

7. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

8. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

9. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.162890, -2.356993

10. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163211, -2.356557

11. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

12. Lesson in progress, Junior Secondary School, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: A teacher at the Junior Secondary School, located on the south side of Ahenkro, teaches an English language lesson. Ahenkro, July, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17160
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Teacher; Education
Subjects Facet:: Schools
Identifier:: 0
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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.161810, -2.359203

13. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.161810, -2.359203

14. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.161810, -2.359203

15. Marketplace at Banda-Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: A Friday morning weekly market in progress at the marketplace on the south side of Banda-Ahenkro, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: 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/17-16730
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects Facet:: Villages; Markets
Identifier:: 0
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;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

16. Banda-Ahenkro viewed from the hills, 2009

Description:: The town of Ahenkro as seen from the Banda hills, view to the southeast. The first of the town's cellular phone towers is visible on the south side of town. The eastern range of Banda hills is visible in the distance. At the photo's bottom left, the angular edges of a tractor-plowed field are visible. Clear-cut fields like these were first established when Banda area farmers took up commercial tobacco farming during the 1980s and 1990s. Since tobacco farming was banned by the Banda Traditional Council in the early 2000s, these fields have been put to other types of cash cropping. Banda, June, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16756 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16786 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16754 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16955 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16755
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Cell phone towers
Subjects Facet:: Landscapes; Villages; Mountains; Cash crops; Agricultural lands
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-28
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.183027, -2.364581
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.183027, -2.364581

17. Storm-damaged kapok tree, Ahenkro market, 2000

Description:: A storm in late 1999/early 2000 brought down the majestic kapok (Ceiba pentandra) tree that stood over the former market site on the south side of Ahenkro. Here the fallen tree is in the process of being cut and hauled away. Chickens and a goat forage in the foreground. Ahenkro, May, 2000.
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; Storms; Ceiba pentandra; Trees
Subjects Facet:: Goats; Villages; Markets; Chickens
Identifier:: 11
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2000
Date searchable:: 2000-05
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

18. Main street of Ahenkro, 2001

Description:: Main street of Banda-Ahenkro, view to the south, standing near the Banda Cultural Centre. In the distance, one of the passenger vans that made the daily trip to market towns (Wenchi, Sampa) is parked in front of the Omanhene's (paramount chief) palace. Two poles anticipate the arrival of electricity, still some years away. Metal roofs have begun to replace the thatched roofs of earlier years. Ahenkro, July, 2001.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects Facet:: Rural electrification; Metal roofing; Transportation; Villages; Streets
Identifier:: 9
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2001
Date searchable:: 2001-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.166298, -2.354733
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.166298, -2.354733

19. Main street, Banda-Ahenkro, 2016

Description:: A view looking northward on Ahenkro's main street. The paved road is bordered on either side by deep gutters. Electrical poles and wires run along one side of the street. A sign advertising MTN "Mobile Money" is placed roadside. Several motor vehicles are parked along the road. A bicycle is parked in the foreground. Ahenkro, June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16728
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Mobile phones; Kiosks; Electrical poles
Subjects Facet:: Roads; Villages; Electricity; Transportation; Streets
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-06
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163448, -2.356326
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163448, -2.356326

20. Ahenkro main street, 2016

Description:: View of Ahenkro main street, looking southwest, the Omanhene's (paramount chief) palace to the right. Advertising signs for a printing kiosk and for a mobile money supplier (MTN) appear along the roadside. Two cellular phone towers are visible behind the palace. Ahenkro, June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16760
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Palace; Cell phone towers
Subjects Facet:: Building; Villages; Streets
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-06-18
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164843, -2.355547
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164843, -2.355547

21. Omanhene's palace, Ahenkro, 2016

Description:: View of Omanhene's (paramount chief) palace on the main street of Banda-Ahenkro. Two cellular phone towers are visible behind the palace. A satellite dish appears to the right. Ahenkro, June 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16759
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Palace; Communications; Cell phone towers; Satellite dish; Paramount Chief
Subjects Facet:: Chiefs; Building
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-06-18
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164917, -2.355505
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164917, -2.355505

22. Nafana Rural Bank, Ahenkro, 2016

Description:: Banda-Ahenkro became the district headquarters for the newly established Banda District in 2012. This brought a number of new services to the area. Seen here is the Banda Branch of the Nafana Rural Bank, which opened on the main street of Ahenkro after the Banda District was established A satellite communications dish is placed nearby. Ahenkro, June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banks; Towns; Satellite dish; Money
Subjects Facet:: Villages
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-06-18
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164945, -2.355502
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164945, -2.355502

23. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

24. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

25. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

26. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

27. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

28. House courtyard, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: The courtyard of a long-established compound in Ahenkro. The main room has a columned verandah and its walls are plastered. A metal roof covers it and the courtyard entrance. A hearth occupies the central courtyard. Two metal water barrels (right and left), headpans and a bucket speak to the daily activity of fetching water. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Metal pots; Headpans; Water barrels
Subjects Facet:: Plastering; Building; Metal roofing; Courtyards; Water; Housing; 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

29. Tobacco drying barns, south side of Ahenkro, 1994

Description:: By 1994, many Banda farmers had gone into tobacco farming. Money was advanced to farmers by tobacco companies to purchase the cement and iron sheets needed to build drying barns. The buyers also advanced commercial fertilizer needed to grow the cash crop. A tractor supplied by the company was used to prepare fields for the seedlings and to transport firewood from surrounding areas to the barns. Large amounts of wood were used to stoke fires in the drying barns. South side of Ahenkro, June-July, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Drying barns; Fertilizer; Wood piles
Subjects Facet:: Tobacco; Cash crops; Firewood
Identifier:: 5
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994
Date searchable:: 1994-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163383, -2.357502
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163383, -2.357502

30. Woman carries harvested tobacco leaves from farm, 1986

Description:: A woman carries harvested tobacco leaves from farm to the area where the leaves will be tied for drying. Behind her, a ladder rests against the wall of a cement block metal-roofed tobacco drying barn. Tobacco was grown as a cash crop in the Banda area from the early 1980s into the early 2000s. Farmers received materials like bags of cement and roofing sheets to build drying barns as advances on their crop. South side of Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Headloading; Drying barns; Women's work
Subjects Facet:: Building; Tobacco; Metal roofing; Cash crops; Lifting and carrying
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;8.163264, -2.356141
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163264, -2.356141

31. Piled wood used to fuel tobacco drying barns, Ahenkro, 1990

Description:: Tobacco was grown as a cash crop in the Banda area during the 1980s and 1990s. Pictured here are wood piles and tobacco barns on the south side of Ahenkro. The wood was collected and brought to town using a tractor. The high demand for wood by tobacco farmers to fuel the drying barns created tensions with women who relied on wood collected from farms to fuel their cooking fires. Ahenkro, June-July, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Wood piles; Drying barns
Subjects Facet:: Tobacco; Cash crops; Firewood
Identifier:: 2
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;8.163264, -2.356141
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163264, -2.356141

32. Drying barn for processing tobacco, Ahenkro, 1990

Description:: Drying barns on the south side of Banda-Ahenkro used to dry and cure tobacco. Wood used to fuel the fires in the barns is stacked in piles between the barns and was brought in from surrounding farmland by tractor. The high demand for wood by tobacco farmers created tensions with women who relied on wood collected from farms to fuel their cooking fires. Ahenkro, June-July, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Drying barns; Ahenkro; Wood piles
Subjects Facet:: Tobacco; Cash crops; Firewood
Identifier:: 3
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;8.163264, -2.356141
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163264, -2.356141

33. 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

34. Carrying firewood from farm, Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: Yaa Yable Wo carries firewood on her return from farm. Until recent years, meals were most often prepared over hearths fueled by firewood. Women and children collected downed tree limbs and other dry wood from farmlands surrounding the villages. Wood was headloaded back home and stacked on platforms raised above the ground to be stored until needed. Cooking over charcoal in fabricated metal coalpots became more common in the late 20th-early 21st century as charcoal burners moved into the Banda area and charcoal production increased. Recently, gas cookers have begun to be used by people able to afford industrial cookers and the bottled gas need to fuel them. Ahenkro, December, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Headloading; Women's work
Subjects Facet:: Hearths; Cooking; Lifting and carrying; Firewood
Identifier:: 15
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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

35. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

36. Diesel-fueled corn mill, Banda-Ahenkro, 2009

Description:: A man operates a diesel-powered corn mill in a roofed shed while another adjusts a grain bag nearby. He grinds grain into a plastic container resting in a headpan. Another headpan filled with maize (corn, bledju in Nafaanra) sits in front with a calabash used as a scoop sitting on top. Other plastic and metal containers sit nearby. Diesel-powered grinding mills first began to be set up in Ahenkro in the 1980s. They have become more common over the years, reducing the need for maize and other dried foodstuffs to be pounded by hand in wooden mortars. At the same time, they have expanded the need for cash income as grinding has become part and parcel of household budgets. Ahenkro, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Diesel engine; Automation; Headpans; Plastic containers; Men's work
Subjects Facet:: Grain mills; Gourd, Calabash; Grinding; Corn
Creator:: Devin Tepleski
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
People Facet:: Devin Tepleski
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

37. 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

38. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164906, -2.355708

39. Pounding calabash seeds (fnumu), Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Young boys (Kofi and Isaac, sons of James Anane) pound calabash seeds in preparation for making calabash seed soup (fnumu chiin in Nafaanra). They use a deep wooden mortar and pestles rounded at the base. A metal roof shelters the hearth in the background. A chicken searches for food as the boys work. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Fnumu; Children's work; Pounding
Subjects Facet:: Lagenaria siceraria; Food processing; Mortars & pestles; Hearths; Gourd, Calabash; Chickens
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

40. Pounding cassava, Ahenkro, 1995

Description:: Magdalene Attah uses a small wooden mortar and pestle to process cassava flour while two goats forage in the background. The large wood pile to the rear (left) is associated with the tobacco drying barns that line the south edge of Ahenkro. Ahenkro, May, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Techniques; Pounding
Subjects Facet:: Goats; Food preparation; Food processing; Mortars & pestles; Cassava; Firewood
Identifier:: 5
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 1995-06
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163219, -2.356356
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163219, -2.356356

41. Road leading north from Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: People head to farm on the road leading northward from Ahenkro, August, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16811 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16813
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Roads; Mountains; Landscapes
Identifier:: 35
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-08
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.170145, -2.352663
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.170145, -2.352663

42. Cooking over a coal pot, Ahenkro, 2016

Description:: A woman prepares soup over a a coal pot. In her left had she holds a metal grinding bowl and by her right hand is a commercially made ceramic grinding bowl. The blue plastic barrel (rear) holds water for the household. Ahenkro, June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Metal pots; Grinding bowl; Water barrels; Ahenkro; Coal pot; Women's work; Plastic containers
Subjects Facet:: Food preparation; Cooking
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-06-20
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163219, -2.356356
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163219, -2.356356

43. Road leading from Ahenkro to Bongase, 2008

Description:: View from the north edge of Ahenkro of the road leading northward to Bongase and the Bui Dam site. Newly installed electricty poles and wires are visible on the roadside. Ahenkro, June, 2008.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16802 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16813
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Roads; Vegetation; Mountains; Landscapes
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2008-06
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.170145, -2.352663
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.170145, -2.352663

44. Road leading northward from Ahenkro, 1994

Description:: Newly grated and guttered road leading northward from Ahenkro toward Bongase viewed from the north edge of Ahenkro. The Banda hills are visible in the background. July, 1994
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects Facet:: Roads; Villages; Mountains
Identifier:: 7
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994
Date searchable:: 1994-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.168887, -2.353523
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.168887, -2.353523

45. Road leading from Ahenkro to Bongase, 2009

Description:: View from the north edge of Ahenkro of the road leading northward to Bongase and the Bui Dam site. Electricty poles and wires are visible on the roadside. The newly grated road of a year before has suffered erosion in the intervening rainy season. Ahenkro, June, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16802 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16811
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Rural electrification; Roads; Electric power distribution; Electricity; Mountains; Landscapes
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.170145, -2.352663
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.170145, -2.352663

46. Pouring water from a head pan, 2008

Description:: A youngster (Mamee) pours water from her headpan into a small white plastic barrel for storage and household use in cooking, drinking and bathing. Behind her, a light green plastic basin floats on top of the water in a full metal water barrel. Several wooden pestles are stored nearby. Fetching water for the household is typically the responsibility of older children. Depending on the size of the household, they may fetch water in the morning before going to school and again in the late afternoon. Ahenkro, July, 2008.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16825
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Headloading; Children's work; Water barrels; Headpans; Plastic containers
Subjects Facet:: Lifting and carrying; Water
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2008-07-16
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163178, -2.356290
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163178, -2.356290

47. Carrying water, Ahenkro, 2008

Description:: A youngster (Mamee) in the household carries water from a nearby borehole in a headpan. By her feet ( to the right) are the wall stubs of a cistern once fed by rainwater from the metal roof. A small white plastic barrel (center) placed by the hearth makes water conveniently available while cooking. Two coal pots are in use (behind the cat) and a small wooden mortar sits nearby. Ahenkro, July, 2008.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16826
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Headloading; Coal pots; Children's work; Water barrels; Headpans; Plastic containers
Subjects Facet:: Mortars & pestles; Lifting and carrying; Water
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2008-07-16
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163178, -2.356290
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163178, -2.356290

48. Clay grinding bowl/men's eating bowl, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Large, shallow blackened clay bowls with interior striations are used in cooking and for eating. Cooks use them together with a small double-sided wooden pestle to grind pepper and cooked vegetables like "garden eggs" (small eggplants) for soups. They are also used as men's eating bowls (pԑԑ in Nafaanra). Bowls with striated interiors are occasionally found on archaeological sites in the Banda area, but this particular blackened form was not common until the 20th century when it was introduced from areas to the south. Potters in the region began to produce the bowls for sale both locally and at regional markets. During the 1980s and 1990s, this became one of the most popular pots made for market sale. Ahenkro, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Grinding bowls; Marketing ; Bowls; Eating bowls
Subjects Facet:: Food preparation; Foodways; Markets; Pottery
Identifier:: 0
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;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

49. Clay cooking pots, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: The clay pottery jars (sro chͻ in Nafaanra) used to prepare food vary in size. Round-based jars like these are used to boil yams and other starchy foods. They are supported by hearth stones as they sit on the fire. Their lower surface is often textured or surface-treated with maize cob roulette (visible on the largest pot on the right) which may make them easier to handle when full of liquid and food. Ahenkro, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Cooking pots (sro cho); Maize cob roulette; Decoration; Jars
Subjects Facet:: Food preparation; Foodways; Pottery
Identifier:: 0
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;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

50. Clay jars used to prepare soup, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: In the foreground are two clay pots used to prepare soup. A soup pot (chiin sinyjͻlͻ in Nafaanra) has sharp-angled (carinated) shoulders and an everted rim. They are simply decorated with grooved lines above the shoulder, but otherwise plain. The larger one on the right has been blackened, a treatment that is not commonly seen on archaeological pottery from Banda sites. Ahenkro, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Soup pots (chiin sinyjolo); Decoration
Subjects Facet:: Food preparation; Foodways; Pottery
Identifier:: 0
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;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

51. Clay water-cooling pots, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Clay pots of varied sizes used to store water (chͻkoo in Nafaanra). The exterior surface of these everted-rim jars is textured with maize cob roulette and their surface is decorated with shallow grooved lines. The porous walls of these pots helps keep the liquid storied inside cool. For this reason, these pots are not treated with the bark solution used to finish cooking pots. Also, the narrow opening (neck) of the jar reduces evaporation and conserves water. Ahenkro, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Water pots (chokoo); Maize cob roulette; Decoration; Water storage; Jars
Subjects Facet:: Pottery; Water
Identifier:: 0
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;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

52. Women's clay eating bowls, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Small clay bowls (kpokpoo in Nafaanra) used by women for eating. The bowl on the left has been blackened. Blackened pottery is a fashion that became more common in the 20th century. Similar clay bowls from the 19th century and earlier found on archaeological sites are more similar in color to the bowl on the right. In earlier times, these bowls often had a pedestaled base, creating a flat rather than rounded surface on which they sat. Ahenkro, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Eating bowls (kpokpoo); Bowls
Subjects Facet:: Foodways; Pottery
Identifier:: 0
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;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

53. Tolԑԑ Kofi Dwuru III and elders, New Yam Festival, 1982

Description:: Banda Paramount Chief Tolԑԑ Kofi Dwuru III and elders pause as they process down Ahenkro's main street on the day of the New Yam Festival (Finyjie Lie in Nafaanra). They stand under the paramount chief's umbrella topped with a blackened carved wooden figure. L-R: Kwame Gyani; Kofi Gyase (Gyasehene); Kupo Aboateaa (Bamuhene); Tolԑԑ Kofi Dwuru III (Omanhene); Kwadwo Gbao; Senyono Kyeame; Fordjour Major. Ahenkro, 30 August, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Elders; Gyasehene; New Yam Festival; Umbrella; Omanhene
Subjects Facet:: Chiefs; Rites and ceremonies; Royal regalia; Wood carvings
Identifier:: 26
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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164906, -2.355708

54. End of Ramadan celebration, Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: Muslims celebrate the end of Ramadan, the ninth and most sacred month in the Islamic lunar calendar during which Muslims fast during daylight hours. As Ramadan ends, men and women come together to dance beneath the majestic kapok tree that formerly shaded the market site located on the south side of Ahenkro. July, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16925
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Marketplace; Muslims
Subjects Facet:: Dance; Islam; Markets; Ritual
Identifier:: 19
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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

55. End of Ramadan celebration, Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: Muslims celebrate the end of Ramadan, the ninth and most sacred month in the Islamic lunar calendar during which Muslims fast during daylight hours. With Ramadan ended, women dressed in blue cloth socialize at the former market site located on the south side of Ahenkro. July, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16924
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Marketplace; Muslims
Subjects Facet:: Dance; Islam; Markets; Ritual
Identifier:: 20
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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

56. Boys playing oware, Ahenkro, 1995

Description:: Oware is a game of strategy in which players attempt to capture an opponent's counters or beans as they are moved counter-clockwise through a series of twelve cups (6 on each side of the board). Here young boys have made an oware board in by scooping holes in the dirt. They use dried seeds from the pods of a leguminous tree as counters. Ahenkro, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Ahenkro
Subjects Facet:: Children; Oware (Game); Games; Play
Identifier:: 6
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 1995
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163264, -2.356141
Date Digitized:: 2019-03-08
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163264, -2.356141

57. Toy truck made from tin cans, Ahenkro, 2000

Description:: A young boy has made a lorry (truck) from tin cans and other discarded materials. The wheels are made from worn-out "flip-flop" shoes and the string tied to the front allows him to pull the truck. Behind him in the distance, to the right, is the wooden shed that housed one of the area's first corn-grinding mills. Ahenkro, 2000.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Tin cans; Ahenkro; Toy truck
Subjects Facet:: Grain mills; Children; Toys; Play
Identifier:: 35
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B
Date searchable:: 2000
Date searchable:: 2000
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163264, -2.356141
Date Digitized:: 2019-03-08
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163264, -2.356141

58. Toy truck made from tin cans, Ahenkro 1990

Description:: A young boy has made a lorry (truck) from tin cans and other discarded materials. The wheels are made from worn-out "flip-flop" shoes and the string tied to the front allows him to pull the truck. Ahenkro, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Tin cans; Toy truck
Subjects Facet:: Children; Toys; Play
Identifier:: 15
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Date searchable:: 1990
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163264, -2.356141
Date Digitized:: 2019-03-08
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163264, -2.356141

59. Play cooking, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: A young girl (Akwia Linda) pretends to cook over a hearth she has made using small sticks and a tin sardine can. Ahenkro, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Pretending
Subjects Facet:: Children; Hearths; Play
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163264, -2.356141
Date Digitized:: 2019-03-08
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163264, -2.356141

60. Tolee Kofi Dwuru III and Elders, New Yam Festival, Banda-Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: Elders gathered at the Ahenkro palace on the day of the New Yam Festival (Finyjie Lie in Nafaanra). Back left, Mose Krontihene; Front, L-R: Kwadwo Kyeama (Linguist); Kupo Aboateaa (Bamuhene); Kofi Gyasi (Gyasehene); Tolԑԑ Kofi Dwuru III (Omanhene); Senyono Kyeame; Unknown man in kente cloth. Child seated in front, Kwasi K. Man in blue cloth to right front, Kwame Gbanari. Ahenkro, 30 August, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Palace; Elders; Kente cloth; New Yam Festival
Subjects Facet:: Rites and ceremonies; West African strip weaving
Identifier:: 9
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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164906, -2.355708

61. Woman dancing at the palace, New Yam Festival, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Palace drummers play an ensemble of '"fontomfrum" (back), "atumpan" (center) and other drums as a woman (Kabrenga) dances at the Ahenkro palace during the celebration of the New Yam Festival (Finyjie Lie in Nafaanra). Drummer in orange shirt, center, Kofi Boakye. Man standing, far right over drums, Kwasi Peter. Ahenkro, 28 July, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Palace; Atumpan drum; New Yam Festival; Fontomfrom drum
Subjects Facet:: Drums (musical instrument); Rites and ceremonies; Dance
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07-28
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164906, -2.355708
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164906, -2.355708

62. Paramount chief and elders, New Yam Festival, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Elders gathered at the Ahenkro palace on the day of the New Yam Festival (Finyjie Lie in Nafaanra). Seated, front row, third from left, Kwabena Dibi. Sixth from left, Kofi Gyasi (Gyasehene); Tolԑԑ Kofi Dwuru III (Omanhene); Kupo Aboateaa (Bamuhene). Seated, far right on chair, Yaw Fori (Swordbearer). Ahenkro, 28 July, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Palace; Elders; New Yam Festival
Subjects Facet:: Rites and ceremonies
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07-28
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164906, -2.355708
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164906, -2.355708

63. Women of Sielͻngͻ Katoo (royal house), New Yam Festival, Ahenkro 1986

Description:: Women of Sielͻngͻ Katoo (royal house) relax on the courtyard steps of the palace on the day of the New Yam Festival (Finyjie Lie in Nafaanra). L-R: Ama Nyeni; Yaa Krah; Akua Kuma; Yaa Kuma; Akua Kyenkyenku; Kosua Dooko. Ahenkro, 28 July, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Palace; Elders; New Yam Festival
Subjects Facet:: Rites and ceremonies
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07-28
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164906, -2.355708
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164906, -2.355708

64. Pouring libations, New Yam Festival, Banda-Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: An Elder (Kwame Ble) pours libations on the day of the New Yam Festival (Finyjie Lie in Nafaanra) at the Ahenkro palace. Front, L-R: Senyono ; Kwame Ble; Kwabena Kuma. Ahenkro, 30 August, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Palace; Elders; New Yam Festival
Subjects Facet:: Rites and ceremonies; Libations
Identifier:: 16
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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164906, -2.355708

65. Girls dressed in Manaa Ndiom attire, Ahenkro, 1995

Description:: Young girls wear the sacred beads and necklaces associated with the girls' nubility rites, known in Nafaanra as Manaa Ndiom. They are dressed in Manaa Ndiom attire as part of a cultural celebration associated with the commissioning of the Banda Cultural Centre. Manaa Ndiom is a time when adolescent girls come together to learn from their female elders as they transition to womanhood. Pictured, front row, L-R: Mariyama Puwee, Ama Kyerah (wearing white), Adua Bedeaba, Sarah Photo, Yaa Broni, __, Alamata, Adwoa Fordjour. Swordbearer, right: Kwabena Sekedua. Women in back row, L-R, Toryaa (center) and Afua Basabasa. Ahenkro, 21 July, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16944 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17137
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Manaa Ndiom; Necklaces; Banda Cultural Centre; Nubility rites
Subjects Facet:: Rites and ceremonies; Nafana (African people); Puberty rites; Beads
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 1995-07-21
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Date Digitized:: 2019-03-14
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

66. Girls dressed in Manaa Ndiom attire, Ahenkro, 1995

Description:: Young girls wear the sacred beads and necklaces associated with the girls' nubility rites, known in Nafaanra as Manaa Ndiom. They are dressed in Manaa Ndiom attire as part of a cultural celebration associated with the commissioning of the Banda Cultural Centre. Manaa Ndiom is a time when adolescent girls come together to learn from their female elders as they transition to womanhood. Here they walk alongside women carrying wooden stools to the Cultural Centre grounds. Adua Bedeaba leads the group as Almata follows. Ahenkro, 21 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/17-17137
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Stools; Manaa Ndiom; Necklaces; Banda Cultural Centre; Nubility rites
Subjects Facet:: Rites and ceremonies; Nafana (African people); Puberty rites
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 1995-07-21
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Date Digitized:: 2019-03-14
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

67. Girls in nubility attire, Children's Day, Ahenkro, 2009

Description:: Young girls dress in nubility attire for the annual Children's Day sponsored by local schools. They wear snail shell necklaces and have applied white paint to their face, chest and midriff. This attire is associated with the nubility ceremonies of groups from southern Ghana and is adopted here as a generic form of ritual costume. L-R: Yaa Naa (in profile); Akosua Kojie (yellow head scarf); Naomi (back row); Isha Brimah (vertical stripes); Atta Forkour (center front); Yaa Manu (behind); Florence (behind); Akua Yaa Wale (red & black head scarf); Shallot Vasco (far right). Ahenkro, 23 June, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Children's day; Nubility rites
Subjects Facet:: Rites and ceremonies; Puberty rites
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-23
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

68. Boys in traditional attire, Children's Day, Ahenkro, 2009

Description:: Boys dress in traditional attire for the annual Children's Day festivities sponsored by local schools. Seated in front is an adolescent dressed as a chief. He and the two boys standing behind him (center and right) wear cloths made by strip-weaving. A boy standing left holds a linguist staff. Ahenkro, 23 June, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Children's Day; Banda Cultural Centre
Subjects Facet:: Rites and ceremonies; West African strip weaving
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-23
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

69. Banda hills near Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: View to the west of the mountains near Ahenkro, standing on the south edge of town. Foreground is the soccer field and its improvised goal. To the right of a large tree (center, right) is the iron-roofed clinic staffed by a government nurse. In the distance, to the right of the soccer goal, is a wooden shed that housed one of the first diesel-powered corn grinding mills established in Ahenkro. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Clinic; Automation; Ahenkro; Vegetation; Diesel engine
Subjects Facet:: Landscapes; Mountains; Grinding; Corn; Grain mill
Identifier:: 0
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;8.162890, -2.356993
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.162890, -2.356993

70. Gap in the Banda hills near Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: View of the gap in the Banda hills near Ahenkro, standing on the south edge of town, looking southwest. To the right of the tree (center) is the iron-roofed clinic staffed by a government nurse. Blocking the view of the clinic is a wooden shed that housed one of the first diesel-powered corn grinding mills established in Ahenkro. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Diesel engine; Vegetation; Automation
Subjects Facet:: Landscapes; Mountains; Grinding; Corn; Grain mill
Identifier:: 0
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;8.162890, -2.356993
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.162890, -2.356993

71. Banda gap near Ahenkro, 1990

Description:: View looking west to the gap in the Banda hills near Ahenkro, standing on the south side of town. To the far left stands the Banda Traditional Council building put up by the colonial government. To the right is the metal-roofed house assigned to the government nurse stationed in town to run the small clinic. Ahenkro, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Clinic; Ahenkro; Government buildings; Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Landscapes; Mountains
Identifier:: 2
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Date searchable:: 1990
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163115, -2.356862
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163115, -2.356862

72. Banda Heritage Community Event, 2011

Description:: The Banda Queen Mother (Lelԑԑ Akosua Kepefu) and her elders look at informational posters on Banda history and heritage prior to the community event at which they were launched. Lelԑԑ Kepefu (left) listens as as Elder and Linguist Afua Fofie points to an image of women spinning cotton thread on the "Banda in the 18th and 19th Centuries" poster. Banda Research Project team members Sampson Attah (standing, orange collar) and Timothy Fordjour (right) look on. Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, 15 July, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17052
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Community engagement; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-07-15
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

73. Consultation at the Palace, Banda-Ahenkro, 2011

Description:: Banda Research Project team members present informational posters on Banda history and heritage to members of the Banda Traditional Council. Sampson Attah (kneeling, stripped shirt) describes the content of the "Banda in the 18th & 19th Centuries" poster to the paramount chief and elders. Project members Ann Stahl (kneeling) and Kofi "Photo" Manu (standing, brown print shirt) look on together with assembled elders. Banda Ahenkro Palace, 11 July, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17052
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Posters; Community engagement
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Heritage
Creator:: Devin Tepleski
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-07-11
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164906, -2.355708
People Facet:: Devin Tepleski
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164906, -2.355708

74. Consultation at the Palace, Banda-Ahenkro, 2011

Description:: Banda Research Project team members present informational posters on Banda history and heritage to members of the Banda Traditional Council. Sampson Attah (kneeling, stripped shirt) describes the content of the "Learning about Life in the Past" poster to the paramount chief and elders. Project members James Anane (standing, red shirt) and Ann Stahl (kneeling, right) look on. Banda Ahenkro Palace, 11 July, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17050
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Community engagement; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Heritage
Creator:: Devin Tepleski
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-07-11
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164906, -2.355708
People Facet:: Devin Tepleski
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164906, -2.355708

75. Posters on display at the Banda Cultural Centre, 2011

Description:: Informational posters on Banda history and archaeology are displayed on easels in the hall of the Banda Cultural Centre. Examples of pottery recovered from excavations at Banda area sites rest on shelves in the background. Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, 18 July, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17053 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17052 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17054
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Posters; Banda Cultural Centre
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-07-15
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

76. Banda Cultural Centre painting of a man working metal, 2016

Description:: In June 2011, Banda Research Project team member Amanda Logan collaborated with local artist Kwame K.B. 2 to develop paintings for the doors of the Banda Cultural Centre's courtyard. The paintings illustrate crafts practiced in the area for which we have archaeological evidence. This image shows a blacksmith forging iron. Based on the presence of byproducts like slag and the tools used to make metal, we know that blacksmiths smelted and forged iron in the Banda area from at least 1000 years ago. Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17078 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17079 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17084
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Community engagement
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Metalworking
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-06
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

77. Banda Heritage Community Event, 2011

Description:: Banda Research Project team member Yaw Frimpong (blue shirt with the Banda Cultural Centre "Unity" logo) serves as a docent for one of the informational posters on Banda history and archaeology launched at a 2011 community event. Project team member Frimpong from Nyire (tan shirt) shares insight as several community members listen. A young man in the rear uses his cell phone to take a photo of the poster as he listens to the conversation. Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, 15 July, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Community engagement; Community event; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Heritage; Cell phones
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-07-15
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

78. Banda Heritage Community Event, 2011

Description:: Banda Research Project team member Samuel Babatu (white shirt) serves as a docent for one of the informational posters on Banda history and archaeology launched at a 2011 community event. Young people gather to listen as he discusses the poster's content. In the background, other project team-member docents (Boye, Kofi "Photo" Manu and Yaw Frimpong) share other posters. Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, 15 July, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Community engagement; Community event; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-07-15
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

79. Banda Heritage Community Event, 2011

Description:: Young people look at and talk about the"Banda in the 15th to 17th Centuries" informational poster during a Banda Heritage community event. Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, 15 July, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17053
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Community engagement; Community event; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-07-15
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

80. Banda Heritage Community Event, 2011

Description:: Boase Chief Tolԑԑ Ligbi Wulotei (center) looks at pottery from Banda area archaeological sites while Banda Project team member Boye (far right) looks on. Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, 15 July, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Community engagement; Community event
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Heritage; Pottery
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-07-15
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

81. Banda Queen Mother and Elders viewing photos, 2016

Description:: The Banda Queen Mother, (Lelԑԑ Akosua Kepefu) and her elders view archival photos on Ann Stahl's laptop. L-R: Afua Fofie, Lelԑԑ Kepefu and Lelԑԑ Yahͻͻ, Ann Stahl. Ahenkro, 19 June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Community engagement
Subjects Facet:: Photographs; Heritage
Creator:: Enoch Mensah
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-06-19
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

82. Banda Heritage Community Event, 2011

Description:: Banda Research Project team member Sampson Attah (left) presents a Banda chief (right) with copies of heritage documents at a community event celebrating Banda cultural heritage. Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, 15 July, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Community engagement; Community event
Subjects Facet:: Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-07-15
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

83. Photo consultation, 2016

Description:: Ann Stahl shares photos from Banda Project Archives with the Banda Queen Mother and her Elders as part of a consultation process leading to the Banda Heritage repository. L-R: Ann Stahl, __, __, __. Ahenkro, 19 June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Community engagement; Banda Heritage Initiative
Subjects Facet:: Photographs; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-06-19
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

84. Banda Heritage Community Event, 2011

Description:: Community members discuss one of the informational posters on Banda history and archaeology launched at a 2011 community event. Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, 15 July, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Community engagement; Community event; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-07-15
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

85. Banda Cultural Centre painting of spinning and strip-woven cloth, 2016

Description:: In June 2011, Banda Research Project team member Amanda Logan collaborated with local artist Kwame K.B. 2 to develop paintings for the Banda Cultural Centre's courtyard doors. The paintings illustrate crafts practiced in the area for which we have archaeological evidence. This image shows a woman spinning cotton thread (right) and a man wearing a locally made blue-and-white strip-woven cloth (left). Archaeologists find spindle whorls used to make thread on late 18th-and early 19th-century archaeological sites. This shows that households produced their own cloth during recent centuries. Before the 17th century, cotton cloth seems to have been less common and was probably acquired through trade from market centers. Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17077 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17078 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17084
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Community engagement
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; West African strip weaving; Spinning; Markets
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-06
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

86. Banda Cultural Centre painting of a woman headloading pottery, 2016

Description:: In June 2011, Banda Research Project team member Amanda Logan collaborated with local artist Kwame K.B. 2 to develop paintings for the Banda Cultural Centre's courtyard doors. The paintings illustrate crafts practiced in the area for which we have archaeological evidence. This image shows a woman headloading pottery on her way to market. Pottery making and marketing has been practiced in the Banda area for thousands of years. Scientific studies of pottery from archaeological sites across the region show that pottery was made in different locations over time and was widely traded within and beyond the region. Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17077 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17079 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17084
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Headloading; Community engagement
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Markets; Lifting and carrying
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-06
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

87. Block-making for the Banda Cultural Centre, 1994

Description:: During a communal labor day, young men from Ahenkro gather close to the site of the Banda Cultural Centre where they are making blocks which will be used to construct the Centre. Center photo, men mix sand with cement while those to the right use a block machine to form the bricks. Finished blocks are stacked in the background. A mason, standing left, supervises the work. Headpans and buckets used in the work sit nearby. Each of Ahenkro's four Unit Committees provided communal labor for block-making which made construction of the Banda Cultural Centre possible. Ahenkro, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Unit committees; Communal labor; Headpans
Subjects Facet:: Brickmaking; Building; Bricks
Identifier:: Negative 11
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994
Date searchable:: 1994
Genre:: Color negative
Genre Facet:: Color negative
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Date Digitized:: 2019-05-02
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Negative scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

88. Artist and his Banda Cultural Centre painting, 2011

Description:: In June 2011, Banda Research Project team member Amanda Logan collaborated with local artist Kwame K.B. 2 to develop paintings for the Banda Cultural Centre's courtyard doors. The paintings illustrate handicrafts practiced in the area for which we have archaeological evidence. Here Kwame K.B. 2 stands next to his painting of a woman carrying pottery to market. Ahenkro, 8 June, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17077 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17078 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17079
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Community engagement
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft
Creator:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Contributors:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011--6-08
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

89. Archaeological team members, Makala Kataa, 1990

Description:: Members of the 1990 archaeological excavation team at Makala Kataa. Team members included Banda men from Ahenkro and Makala. Back row (L-R): Kwasi Donkor, Donkor Johnson, __, Lamini, Kwasi Mensah (driver), Kwadwo Manu, Obour Bartholomew, Yaw Francis, Enoch Mensah, Mensah Listowell (red shirt). Front row (L-R) Daniel Mensah, Kwabena Mensah, Malik Abrefa, Ann Stahl, Yaw Frimpong, Osei Kofi. Also pictured are Peter Donkor and Richard Aboabo. Makala, July, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Makala Kataa; Team photo
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Creator:: Andrew Black
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Date searchable:: 1990-07
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.142573, -2.381145
Date Digitized:: 2019-05-02
People Facet:: Andrew Black
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142573, -2.381145

90. Archaeological team members, Makala Kataa, 1989

Description:: Members of the 1989 archaeological excavation team at Makala Kataa. Team members included Banda men from Ahenkro and Makala. Left-right: Enoch Mensah, Yaw Frimpong, Kwasi Donkor, Obour Bartholomew, ___, Osei Kofi, Samuel Babatu, Yaw Francis, Mustapha, Donkor Johnson. Makala Kataa, July, 1989.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Makala Kataa; Team photo
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1989
Date searchable:: 1989-07
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.142053, -2.383126
Date Digitized:: 2019-05-02
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142053, -2.383126

91. Banda Queen Mother showing cloth to local artist, 2011

Description:: Banda Queen Mother Lelԑԑ Akosua Kepefu (center) shows an example of locally made strip-woven cloth to a young painter as a model for a painting on the Banda Cultural Centre doors. Enoch Mensah holds one end of the cloth. To the right, Afua Fofie, Linguist, looks on with artist Kwame K.B. 2. They stand on Ahenkro's main street (view towards the south). Ahenkro, 5 June, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17079 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17084
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Queen Mother; Lelee Akosua Kepefu
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; West African strip weaving; Villages; Streets
Creator:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Contributors:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-06-05
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164906, -2.355708
People Facet:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164906, -2.355708

92. School children carrying sand, 1994

Description:: School children from Ahenkro carry sand to the site where Unit Committees are supplying communal labor to make blocks to build the Banda Cultural Centre. The children have been directed by the Traditional Council and teachers to assist the project for an afternoon by transporting sand for block-making to the building site. Ahenkro, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Headloading; Unit committees; Communal labor; Headpans
Subjects Facet:: Brickmaking; Building; Lifting and carrying; Bricks
Identifier:: Negative 12
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994
Date searchable:: 1994
Genre:: Color negative
Genre Facet:: Color negative
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Date Digitized:: 2019-05-02
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Negative scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

93. Bulldozer clearing ground for the Banda Cultural Centre, 1994

Description:: A bulldozer belonging to a contractor working in the area on Banda roads is hired to clear the site for the Banda Cultural Centre. Ahenkro, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Bulldozer
Subjects Facet:: Building
Identifier:: Negative 13
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994
Date searchable:: 1994
Genre:: Color negative
Genre Facet:: Color negative
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Date Digitized:: 2019-05-02
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Negative scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

94. Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, 2001

Description:: The Banda Cultural Centre provides space for community gatherings and guest rooms for Banda Research Project and other community visitors. The Centre's motto/logo is "Nyu nunu," (Nafaanra) or "Unity." Commissioned in 1995, the main building was constructed in 1994-95 through a combination of Banda Research Project funding and communal labor supplied by Ahenkro's four Unit Committees. The free-standing annex (right in photo) was added in 2000. It houses additional guest rooms and storage and was also built through a combination of Banda Research Project funding and communal labor. The building is administered and maintained by the community. Ahenkro, July 2001.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17338 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17133 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17533
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Unit committees; Communal labor
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2001
Date searchable:: 2001-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

95. Banda Traditional Council meeting, Ahenkro, August 1986

Description:: A group of men and women stand in the doorways of the Banda Traditional Council building as the Traditional Council holds a meeting inside. The colonial-period building's interior is lit by natural light through large windows, with several panes of window glass intact on the rear side of the building. Several young people sit on the steps of the building. Visible to the left is the metal-roofed colonial-period village clinic and residence of the village nurse who was in this period the primary medical care personnel for the Banda area. Ahenkro, 12 August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Colonial period buildings; Banda Traditional Council
Subjects Facet:: Colonies
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-08-12
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.162784, -2.357505
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.162784, -2.357505

96. Asante-style "akonkromfi" chair belonging to Tolɛɛ Kofi Dwuru II, Ahenkro, 1967

Description:: This Asante-style "akonkromfi" chair belonged to Tolɛɛ Kofi Dwuru II who was the Paramount Chief of Banda from the time of his enstoolment in 1938 until his death in 1977. Kofi Dwuru purchased the chair in Kumasi during the 1930s. The chair's back rest and legs are studded with brass tacks. A leather cushion rests on the seat of the chair. For additional details, see Bravmann, René A. (1974) "Islam and Tribal Art in West Africa" (Cambridge University Press), pp. 89. Ahenkro, 25 November, 1967.
Rights:: Copyright Undetermined
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17329
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Paramount Chief
Subjects Facet:: Chiefs; Ashanti; Royal regalia; Chairs
Identifier:: Negative 30A/31
Creator:: Dr. René A. Bravmann
Contributors:: Dr. René A. Bravmann
Date searchable:: 1967
Date searchable:: 1967-11-25
Genre:: Black-and-white negative
Genre Facet:: Black-and-white negative
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164906, -2.355708
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. René A. Bravmann
Commentary:: Negative scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164906, -2.355708

97. Banda Cultural Centre with logo, Ahenkro, 1995

Description:: Ann B. Stahl (left) and Sampson Attah (right) stand in front of the Banda Cultural Centre shortly before the building was commissioned (21 July, 1995). The Banda Cultural Centre provides space for community events and guest rooms for Banda Research Project and other community visitors. The Centre's motto/logo 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. The building is administered and maintained by the community. Ahenkro, July 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17115 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17533 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17338
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Unit committees; Communal labor; Logo
Identifier:: Negative 24
Creator:: Andrew Black
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 1995-07
Genre:: Black-and-white negative
Genre Facet:: Black-and-white negative
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Date Digitized:: 2019-09-24
People Facet:: Andrew Black
Commentary:: Print scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

98. 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

99. 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

100. Female elders assembled at the Banda Cultural Centre commissioning, Ahenkro, 1995

Description:: Female elders are seated under a thatch awning outside the Banda Cultural Centre on the day of its commissioning, Ann B. Stahl (seated center) has just been enstooled as an honorary Queen Mother of the Banda Traditional Council under the stool name Yadwo Gongo II. To the left is Binghamton University graduate student Alex Caton (Peni Yaa) and seated to the right wearing white cloth is Afua Wewa, one of the Banda Queen Mother's elders. A young man holds an umbrella over the Banda Queen Mother, Lelɛɛ Akosua Kepefu, who sits behind Alex Caton. Ahenkro, 21 July, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Queen Mother; Banda Cultural Centre; Enstoolment; Banda Traditional Council
Subjects Facet:: Chiefdoms
Identifier:: Negative 0a
Creator:: Andrew Black
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 1995-07-21
Genre:: Black-and-white negative
Genre Facet:: Black-and-white negative
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Date Digitized:: 2019-07-21
People Facet:: Andrew Black
Commentary:: Black-and-white print scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

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