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- Description:
- Maize plants (bleju in Nafaanra) growing in an intercropped field. Zea mays L. was introduced to Africa from the western hemisphere. It is today a staple crop valued for its relatively high yields and its short maturation time that can allow farmers to grow two crops in one year. Ahenkro, 12 July, 2022.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects Facet:
- Agriculture; Corn; Zea mays L
- Creator:
- Allison Balabuch
- Date searchable:
- 2022
- Date searchable:
- 2022-07-15
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Source:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.163128, -2.356303
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.163128, -2.356303
- Description:
- A young cassava plant (dwa in Nafaanra) growing in an intercropped field. Manihot esculenta was introduced to Africa from the western hemipshere. It can be grown on soils that have been depleted of nutrients by other crops. Its cultivation requires little labor and its tubers, which provide a starchy staple, can be left in the ground for long periods. Other than as a source of calories, the tubers have little nutritional value. Cassava leaves, however, are used as vitamin- and nutrient-rich additions to soups. Lying on the ground around the cassava plant are dried maize stalks (bleju in Nafaanra) left behind from a previous planting cycle. Sabiye, 15 July, 2022.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Sabiye
- Subjects Facet:
- Farming; Agriculture; Intercropping; Cassava; Manihot; Corn
- Creator:
- Allison Balabuch
- Date searchable:
- 2022
- Date searchable:
- 2022-07-15
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Source:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Location(s):
- Sabiye;8.064602, -2.355298
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.064602, -2.355298
- Description:
- A fleet of motor-powered fishing boats along the shore of Bui Lake, formed by flooding behind Bui Dam as waters rose from 2012. Winds and waves on the lake require use of these larger motor-powered boats compared to the smaller canoes from which people fished on the Black Volta River prior to dam construction. Large fishing nets lay bundled near the boats. Fishing with industrially made nets has largely replaced alternatives like fishing with basket traps that were an effective and sustainable practice used by local Ewe fishermen. Bui Lake, near Bongase, 16 July, 2022.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Bui Lake (near Bongase)
- Subjects:
- Men's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Landscapes; Fishing; Boats; Mountains; Canoes
- Creator:
- Allison Balabuch
- Date searchable:
- 2022
- Date searchable:
- 2022-07-16
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Source:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Location(s):
- Bui Lake (near Bongase);8.250107, -2.285684
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.250107, -2.285684
- Description:
- View of the old Bongase to Ahenkro road, roughly three km south of Bongase, now inundated by the waters of Bui Lake as it rose behind Bui Dam after 2012. A canoe is visible on the shallow lake waters and the Banda hills rise steeply from the surrounding low rolling landscape. Concrete plinths line a cemented walkway, constructed as part of a foot bridge intended to replace the unpaved road, visible on the other side of the lake. Waters continued to rise, ultimately flooding the walkway. View to the south. Banda-Bongase, 16 July, 2022.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16821 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16817 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16815
- Location(s) Facet:
- Bongase-Ahenkro Road
- Subjects Facet:
- Landscapes; Canoes; Mountains; Roads
- Creator:
- Allison Balabuch
- Date searchable:
- 2022
- Date searchable:
- 2022-07-16
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Bongase-Ahenkro Road;8.228099, -2.302912
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.228099, -2.302912
- Description:
- Mawell Gbadago (left), Dzobo Sebastian (center) & Dzobo Rubben (right) pictured with a basketry fish trap (exa in Ewe) that they made as part of a British Museum Endangered Material Knowledge Programme project to document Indigenous technologies in the Banda area. In his right hand, Sebastian carries a length of coiled stick (afɔtasi in Ewe) like that used to force open the trap body; a bundle of twisted vine used to make the rope with which the fishermen weave the bamboo trap; and a wooden mallet (ɛka fokpo in Ewe) used to pound the vine (adzɔ in Ewe) as they process it into rope. Akanyakrom, 29 July, 2022.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Akanyakrom (resettled)
- Subjects:
- Men's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Bamboo; Cordage; Fish traps; Handicrafts; Baskets; Ewe (African people)
- Creator:
- Patrick Mensah
- Date searchable:
- 2022
- Date searchable:
- 2022-07-29
- Genre Facet:
- Digial image
- Format:
- Image
- Source:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Location(s):
- Akanyakrom (resettled);8.246709, -2.244840
- People Depicted:
- Maxwell Gbadago; Dzobo Sebastian; Dzobo Rubben
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.246709, -2.244840
- Description:
- Ewe fishermen Dzobo Rubben (left), Maxwell Gbadago (center) and Dzobo Sebastian (right) stand alongside a bamboo fish trap that they made from locally harvested resources. The trap is oriented in the way it would be placed in the water, braced by two long sticks that would be driven into the river bottom. The trap would also be secured by a rope anchoring the trap to a nearby tree or other secure object. Akanyakrom, 26 July, 2022.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17121
- Location(s) Facet:
- Akanyakrom (resettled)
- Subjects:
- Men's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Bamboo; Cordage; Fish traps; Handicrafts; Baskets; Ewe (African people)
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2022
- Date searchable:
- 2022-07-26
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Source:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Location(s):
- Akanyakrom (resettled);8.246709, -2.244840
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.246709, -2.244840
- Description:
- A partially complete basketry fish trap made with bamboo sticks and vine cordage. View looking to the interior after four bracing hoops have been inserted. The hoops are placed at intervals to expand and brace the bamboo sticks that make up the trap's outer body. Akanyakrom, 26 July, 2022.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Akanyakrom (resettled)
- Subjects:
- Men's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Fish traps; Handicrafts; Baskets; Bamboo; Cordage
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2022
- Date searchable:
- 2022-07-26
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Source:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Location(s):
- Akanyakrom (resettled);Akanyakrom (Resettled)
- Geographic Coordinates:
- Akanyakrom (Resettled)
- Description:
- Ewe fisherman Dzobo Rubben holds the woven triangular bamboo-and-rope cover to the basketry fish trap as Dzobo Sebastian secures it in place. This cover can be removed to access fish in the trap. Akanyakrom, 26 July, 2022.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Akanyakrom
- Subjects:
- Men's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Bamboo; Cordage; Fish traps; Handicrafts; Baskets; Ewe (African people)
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2022
- Date searchable:
- 2022-07-26
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Source:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Location(s):
- Akanyakrom (resettled);8.246709, -2.244840
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.246709, -2.244840
- Description:
- Ewe fisherman Dzobo Rubben uses a cutlass to smooth a stick that will be used to make the interior hoops that open and brace the inside of basketry fish trap. Akanyakrom, 26 July, 2022.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Akanyakrom (resettled)
- Subjects:
- Men's work; Cutlasses
- Subjects Facet:
- Fish traps; Handicrafts; Baskets; Ewe (African people)
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2022
- Date searchable:
- 2022-07-26
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Source:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Location(s):
- Akanyakrom (resettled);8.246709, -2.244840
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.246709, -2.244840
- Description:
- Ewe fishermen Dzobo Sebastian (center), and Dzobo Rubben (left) weave the tongue (exa woade in Ewe) of a basketry fish trap. They use vine cordage to secure the bamboo sticks. This portion of the trap is inserted into the woven cylindrical trap body, allowing fish to enter but blocking their exit from the basketry trap. Maxwell Gbadago (right) uses a wooden mallet to pound a vine that has been twisted and dried in order to remove its bark and make it pliable. The resulting rope will be used to weave remaining parts of the fish trap. Akanyakrom, 23 July, 2022.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19549
- Location(s) Facet:
- Akanyakrom (resettled)
- Subjects:
- Men's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Bamboo; Cordage; Fish traps; Handicrafts; Baskets; Ewe (African people)
- Creator:
- Allison Balabuch
- Date searchable:
- 2022
- Date searchable:
- 2022-07-23
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Source:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Location(s):
- Akanyakrom (resettled);8.246709, -2.244840
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.246709, -2.244840