View to the east-southeast, standing on the small hill west of Kabruno. The mountains in the distance (left) are those near Fawoman. To the right is the range that extends northward from Boase. The rooftops of Kabruno and Dompofie are visible, center. Banda area, June, 1995.
View of the Banda hills extending southward, standing on the small hill west of Kabruno. Two cleared fields are visible in the foreground. The rooftops of Makala are faintly visible to the left of center. Banda area, June, 1995.
View to the southeast, standing on the small hill west of Kabruno. The mountains in the distance are those near Boase. Center left are the rooftops of Kabruno. Center right is the village of Dompofie. Between the two in the distance is Gbao. Banda area, June, 1995.
The Banda hills viewed from the small hill west of Kabruno, looking northward. Center photo are tobacco fields that have been clear-cut and tractor-plowed. Tobacco began to be grown as a cash crop in the area during the mid 1980s. Banda hills, May, 1995
View to the southeast, standing on the small hill west of Kabruno. The mountains in the distance are those near Boase. Center left are the rooftops of Dompofie. Center right is the village of Samwa. Banda area, June, 1995.
View to the southeast, standing on the small hill west of Kabruno.The mountains in the distance are at the southern end of the Boase range. The village left of center is Gbao. Right of center is Samwa. Banda area, June, 1995.
The Banda hills viewed from the small hill west of Kabruno, looking southward. Two cleared but unplanted fields are visible in the foreground. Roofs of the small village of Makala are faintly visible in the distance (small patch of light color, left of center). The gap in the Banda hills through which the Tombԑ River flows is visible center photo. Banda area, May, 1995.
View across wooded savanna, looking northeast while standing atop a small hill west of Kabruno. The mountains, far right, are those near Fawoman. Far left is the northern end of the Banda hills near the Bui Dam site. The single mountain in the distance (center) lies on the north side of the Black Volta River. The village of Ahenkro can be seen, center, with the northern edge of Kabruno visible to the right. Banda area, June, 1995.
A tractor-plowed field close to the Banda hills on the outskirts of Ahenkro has been planted with tobacco. Tobacco farming began in the Banda area in the 1980s and was common by the 1990s as many farmers took up commercial tobacco production. After tobacco farming was banned by the Traditional Council, some open fields like these were planted in cashew, the cash crop in which many Banda farmers invested from the early 2000s. Others have been used for mono-cropping (fields used for a single crop type) cash crops that are annuals. Northwest of Ahenkro, May, 1995.
The Banda hills viewed from the small hill west of Kabruno, looking northward. To the right of the mountains (center photo) are tobacco fields. Tobacco began to be grown in the area as a cash crop in the mid 1980s. Banda hills, May, 1995
Westward view from the mountain gap near Ahenkro. This area is part of the Bui National Park, a Wildlife Protection Area and forest preserve established in 1971. Banda area, June, 1995.
View of the Banda hills extending southward, standing on the small hill west of Kabruno. The rooftops of Samwa are visible left of center. Those of Makala are faintly visible to the right of center. Banda area, June, 1995.
A cashew tree (Anacardium sp.) grows in an agricultural field planted (foreground) with calabash (Lagenaria siceraria). Sampson Attah stands near the tree. Calabash has long been grown as a cash crop for local and regional sale in the Banda area. When cashew trees were first planted in the area from the mid-1990s, they were grown singly or in small numbers. A growing shift to cashew farming in the area during the early 2000s was accompanied by the planting of large stands of cashew trees referred to locally as "plantations." Banda area, June, 1995.