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21. Kete musicians playing at a heritage celebration, 2019

Description:
Men associated with the Kralɔngɔ Royal Palace perform a Nafana version of Kete during a heritage celebration organized by the Banda Heritage Initiative. Several men play flutes and brass rattles that oral histories say were captured from Kulango people. They are accompanied by men playing drums and (left) an iron gong. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19215
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Banda Cultural Centre; Rattles
Subjects Facet:
Heritage; Community event; Rites and ceremonies; Nafana (African people); Songs; Music; Drums (musical instrument); Gongs
Creator:
Kelvin Asare
Date searchable:
2019
Date searchable:
2019-06-28
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Geographic Coordinates:
8.165961, -2.354312

22. Ligbi masquerade dancer, 2019

Description:
A Ligbi masquerade dancer from Bongase performs at a heritage celebration organized by the Banda Heritage Initiative. He wears a mask known as Gbanyamuso in Ligbi (beautiful Gonja woman), his body draped in a floral cloth. A young man follows close behind, fanning the dancer as he performs. An elder Libgi woman and a young man beat square drums as they follow behind the dancer. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19216; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17127
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Banda Cultural Centre; Bedu; Do
Subjects Facet:
Heritage; Community event; Masks; Wood carvings; Masquerades; Dance; Ligbi (language)
Creator:
Kelvin Asare
Date searchable:
2019
Date searchable:
2019-06-28
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Geographic Coordinates:
8.165961, -2.354312

23. Women playing calabash rattles at a heritage celebration, 2019

Description:
Nafana women play calabash rattles as they sing songs associated with customary puberty and marriage celebrations at a heritage celebration organized by the Banda Heritage Initiative. Two women from Ahenkro are joined (left) by District Chief Executive Mary Komeh (white blouse). Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19219
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Banda Cultural Centre; Manaa Ndiom; Bijam; Rattles
Subjects Facet:
Heritage; Community event; Rites and ceremonies; Nafana (African people); Gourd, Calabash; Puberty rites; Marriage customs and rites
Creator:
Kelvin Asare
Date searchable:
2019
Date searchable:
2019-06-28
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Geographic Coordinates:
8.165961, -2.354312

24. Nafana man performing a hunter's dance, 2019

Description:
A Nafana hunter from Fawoman performs a hunter's dance at a heritage celebration organized by the Banda Heritage Initiative. Crouched in front of a pot that was smashed in an earlier dance, he clenches a bundle of leaves in his teeth as he assumes an animal's posture. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19212
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Banda Cultural Centre
Subjects Facet:
Heritage; Community event; Rites and ceremonies; Nafana (African people); Hunters
Creator:
Kelvin Asare
Date searchable:
2019
Date searchable:
2019-06-28
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Geographic Coordinates:
8.165961, -2.354312

25. Dorbour potters at a heritage celebration, 2019

Description:
Nafana potters from Dorbour demonstrate their potting practices during a heritage celebration organized by the Banda Heritage Initiative. Two women (Mary Yakosua, left) are in the process of forming the upper bodies of jars using clay that they brought from Dorbour. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19205
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Banda Cultural Centre
Subjects Facet:
Heritage; Community event; Nafana (African people); Pottery; Pottery making
Creator:
Kelvin Asare
Date searchable:
2019
Date searchable:
2019-06-28
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Geographic Coordinates:
8.165961, -2.354312

26. Men performing a hunter's dance, 2019

Description:
Nafana men from Fawoman perform a hunter's dance at a heritage celebration organized by the Banda Heritage Initiative. Crouched on the ground, the men enact the process of tracking an animal as women sing and men drum in the background. The man in the front holds a gun. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19212
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Banda Cultural Centre
Subjects Facet:
Heritage; Community event; Rites and ceremonies; Nafana (African people); Firearms; Hunters
Creator:
Kelvin Asare
Date searchable:
2019
Date searchable:
2019-06-28
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Geographic Coordinates:
8.165961, -2.354312

27. Dorbour potters at a heritage celebration, 2019

Description:
Nafana potters from Dorbour sit behind a display of their wares during a heritage celebration organized by the Banda Heritage Initiative. Arrayed in front of them are pottery jars of varying size and a single small bowl. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19205
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Banda Cultural Centre
Subjects Facet:
Heritage; Community event; Nafana (African people); Pottery; Pottery making
Creator:
Kelvin Asare
Date searchable:
2019
Date searchable:
2019-06-28
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Geographic Coordinates:
8.165961, -2.354312

28. Ligbi masquerade dancer, 2019

Description:
A Ligbi masquerade dancer from Bongase performs at a heritage celebration organized by the Banda Heritage Initiative. He wears a carved wooden baboon mask (mbong in Ligbi). His body is draped in black and his head in shimmering silver cloth. Attendants fan him as he dances. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019.
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19216; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17138
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Banda Cultural Centre; Bedu; Do
Subjects Facet:
Heritage; Community event; Masks; Wood carvings; Masquerades; Dance; Ligbi (language)
Creator:
Kelvin Asare
Date searchable:
2019
Date searchable:
2019-06-28
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Geographic Coordinates:
8.165961, -2.354312

29. Ligbi masquerade dancers, 2019

Description:
Two Ligbi masquerade dancers from Bongase perform at a heritage celebration organized by the Banda Heritage Initiative. One (left) wears a mask known in Ligbi as Gbanyamuso (beautiful Gonja woman), his body draped in a floral cloth. The other wears a baboon mask (mbong in Ligbi), his body draped in black and his head in a shimmering silver cloth. He carries a whisk in his right hand. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19216; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17138; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17127
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Banda Cultural Centre; Bedu; Do
Subjects Facet:
Heritage; Community event; Masks; Wood carvings; Masquerades; Dance; Ligbi (language)
Creator:
Kelvin Asare
Date searchable:
2019
Date searchable:
2019-06-28
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Geographic Coordinates:
8.165961, -2.354312

30. Boase elders at a heritage celebration, 2019

Description:
During a performance of songs and dances associated with puberty (Manaa Ndiom) and marriage (Bijam) celebrations as practiced in Boase, elder Afua Gyakari holds a microphone as she sings surrounded by other elders, including Boase chief Tolԑԑ Ligbi Wulotei (wearing a black-and-gold cap). Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19218
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Banda Cultural Centre; Banda Heritage Initiative
Subjects Facet:
Heritage; Community event; Rites and ceremonies; Nafana (African people); Puberty rites; Marriage customs and rites
Creator:
Kelvin Asare
Date searchable:
2019
Date searchable:
2019-06-28
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Geographic Coordinates:
8.165961, -2.354312