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1. Preparing calabash at farm, Banda, 1982
- Description:
- A group of men work together, gathered at farm, processing calabash (gourd; chrԑ in Nafaanra) for market sale. The calabash is split, its pulpy interior removed, and the gourd's interior surface scraped clean before drying. Shavings from this thinning process are scattered about on the ground. Several children are gathered nearby as the men work. A basket sits next to a pile of prepared calabash bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra). Farm near Ahenkro, August, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Calabash; Men's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Lagenaria siceraria; Baskets; Agriculture; Gourd, Calabash; Cash crops
- Identifier:
- 22
- 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
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Banda
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-05-28
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Mark McIntyre
2. Eastward view from Banda hills, 1994
- Description:
- View towards the east from the Banda hills north of Ahenkro. In the foreground (right) are farm fields that have been clearcut and plowed for tobacco farming.The houses of Ahenkro are visible beyond the farm fields. The mountain ranges in the distance are those near Fawoman (left) and Boase (right). Banda hills, 30 July, 1994.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Ahenkro; Savanna woodland; Tobacco field; Vegetation
- Subjects Facet:
- Landscapes; Agriculture; Villages; Mountains; Cash crops; Agricultural lands
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1994
- Date searchable:
- 1994-07-30
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Banda;8.187472, -2.362306
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.187472, -2.362306
3. Readying tobacco leaves for drying, Ahenkro, 1986
- Description:
- Tobacco began to be grown as a cash crop in the Banda area in the early 1980s. Here young people tie leaves to the branches from which the tobacco will be suspended while hanging in the drying barn. Visible in the background are two drying barns built of cement block and roofed with iron sheets. Tobacco companies advanced farmers the materials to build these barns against the farmer's crop. Between the drying barns is a stack of wood brought in by tractor to fuel fires in the barns. In the background of one photo, men carry headpans filled with tobacco which they have brought from farm. Two photos. South side of Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Drying barns; Children's work; Wood piles; Headpans; Men's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Lifting and carrying; Firewood; Tobacco; Metal roofing; Agriculture; Building; Cash crops
- 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.163264, -2.356141
4. Tobacco field west of Ahenkro, 1995
- Description:
- 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.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16784 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17514
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Tobacco field; Tractor plowing
- Subjects Facet:
- Tobacco; Agriculture; Mountains; Cash crops; Agricultural lands
- Identifier:
- 15
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1995
- Date searchable:
- 1995-05
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Banda;8.164809, -2.367473
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.164809, -2.367473
5. Plowed field viewed from Banda hills, 2009
- Description:
- A plowed field at the base of the Banda hills near Ahenkro remains unplanted. Other previously plowed but now fallow fields are visible as light green areas against a background of savanna woodland. These clear-cut, tractor-plowed fields were first opened up in the 1980s and 1990s when many farmers took up commercial tobacco production, later banned by the Traditional Council. Looking eastward, the hills near Fawoman are visible in the background. Two photos. Northwest of Ahenkro, June, 2009.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Vegetation; Tractor plowing
- Subjects Facet:
- Tobacco; Landscapes; Agricultural lands; Agriculture; Cash crops
- 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):
- Banda;8.175888, -2.361804
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.175888, -2.361804
6. Tobacco field west of Ahenkro, 1994
- Description:
- A field planted with tobacco near the Banda hills northwest of Ahenkro. Banda area farmers began to go into commercial tobacco farming in the 1980s. In preparation to grow tobacco, fields were clear cut and plowed by tractor. Tobacco seedlings were transplanted into the mono-cropped fields. Farmers used commercial fertilizers supplied by tobacco buyers who advanced money on cured leaves. These large cleared fields rapidly lost soil fertility. After tobacco farming was banned by the Traditional Council in the early 2000s, these open fields were often planted with other cash crops, like cashew. Northwest of Ahenkro, 1994.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17514 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16786
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Fertilizers; Tractor plowing
- Subjects Facet:
- Tobacco; Agriculture; Cash crops; Agricultural lands
- Identifier:
- 28
- Creator:
- Dr. M. Dores Cruz
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1994
- Date searchable:
- 1994-06/07
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Banda;8.167263, -2.366883
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.167263, -2.366883
7. Histories of farming and drought. Poster, 2014
- Description:
- An educational poster with pictures and text focused on histories of farming and drought in the Banda area. It describes how archaeologists learn about farming in the past and what has been learned about the foods which Banda peoples used in a period of severe drought several centuries ago. It is one of five posters prepared for a Banda community event held in 2014. Printed versions of the posters are available in the Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Farming; Community engagement; Poster
- Subjects Facet:
- Droughts; Agriculture; Foodways; Sorghum; Corn; Pearl millet; Heritage
- Creator:
- Dr. Amanda L. Logan
- Contributors:
- Dr. Amanda L. Logan
- Date searchable:
- 1000-2000
- Date searchable:
- 2014-07
- Genre:
- Poster
- Genre Facet:
- Poster
- Format:
- Image
- Language Facet:
- English
- Location(s):
- Banda
- Date Digitized:
- 2014
8. Boase range viewed from mountain gap near Ahenkro, 1994
- Description:
- View from the mountain gap in the Banda hills west of Ahenkro, looking southeast toward the range of hills near Boase. A clear-cut tractor-plowed field (foreground) awaits planting of tobacco seedlings. Tobacco was grown as a cash crop in Banda from the mid-1980s through the 1990s until its cultivation was banned by the Banda Traditional Council. Beyond the field are houses in Gbao and savanna woodland extending to the Boase range. Outskirts of Ahenkro, 1994.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Gbao; Savanna woodland; Tobacco field; Vegetation
- Subjects Facet:
- Tobacco; Landscapes; Agriculture; Villages; Mountains; Cash crops; Agricultural lands
- Identifier:
- 36
- Creator:
- Dr. M. Dores Cruz
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1994
- Date searchable:
- 1994
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Banda;8.165415, -2.375886
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.165415, -2.375886
9. Ma Mnama weeding at farm near Banda-Ahenkro, 1982
- Description:
- Ma Mnama had a reputation as a successful farmer in the Banda area. Here she uses a short-handled hoe (kagbaan in Nafaanra; pl. kagbɛɛn) to cultivate her intercropped field, located to the east of Banda-Ahenkro, 1982
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Weeding; Intercropping; Women's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Hoeing; Intercropping; Agriculture; Farming
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Banda
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
10. Eastward view from Banda hills near Ahenkro, 2009
- Description:
- View to the west from the Banda hills above Ahenkro. The mountains near Fawoman are visible in the distance. Rooftops of houses on Ahenkro's north side are visible (right). In the foreground a clear-cut tractor-plowed field awaits planting. Fields such as this were first established when Banda farmers began to plant tobacco as a cash crop, incentivized by commercial tobacco companies. After tobacco growing was banned by the Banda Traditional Council (early 2000s), these fields were put to other crops, including cashew. Banda Hills, 28 June, 2009.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Ahenkro; Savanna woodland; Tobacco field; Vegetation
- Subjects Facet:
- Landscapes; Agriculture; 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):
- Banda;8.187563, -2.361995
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.187563, -2.361995
11. Processing calabash ladles, Banda, 1982
- Description:
- Young men prepare calabash (gourd; chrԑ in Nafaanra) ladles for market. The calabash is split, its pulpy interior removed, and the gourd's interior surface scraped clean before drying. Banda, July, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Men's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Lagenaria siceraria; Agriculture; Gourd, Calabash; Cash crops
- Identifier:
- 15
- 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):
- Banda
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
12. Splitting calabash prior to removing its seeds and pulp, Banda, 1982
- Description:
- Joshua Tandor uses a metal blade and a mallet to split a calabash (chrԑ in Nafaanra) in half. The pulp and seeds are removed and the calabash walls scraped clean before being set aside to dry. The resulting calabash bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ) are sold at market while the seeds are a prized soup ingredient (fnumu). Farmstead on the outskirts of Banda-Ahenkro, August, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Men's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Lagenaria siceraria; Agriculture; Cutting tools; Gourd, Calabash; Cash crops
- Identifier:
- 18
- 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):
- Banda
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
13. Processing harvested calabash, Banda, 1982
- Description:
- Family members work together at farm to process calabash (gourd; chrԑ in Nafaanra) grown as both a cash crop and a source of household objects and its seeds as a soup ingredient. The men use large knives to split the calabash, after which they will remove its pulpy center and scrape its interior walls. Pictured here are (left to right) Maa Afia (girl), Ama Bosin (woman), O. K. Kwabena Krah, Nduo Wulo Kwadwo and Joshua Tandor. Farm on the outskirts of Banda-Ahenkro, August, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Farm work; Men's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Lagenaria siceraria; Agriculture; Gourd, Calabash; Cash crops
- Identifier:
- 15
- 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):
- Banda
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
14. Intercropped farm field near Banda-Ahenkro, 1982
- Description:
- Typical farm from the 1980s, showing intercropping of yams (finyjie in Nafaanra), cassava (dwa), calabash (chrԑ) or gourd and other crops. Banda, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Farm fields
- Subjects Facet:
- Yams; Lagenaria siceraria; Intercropping; Agriculture; Farming; Gourd, Calabash; Cassava
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Banda
- Date Digitized:
- 2018
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
15. Kwasi Millah processing calabash, Dompofie, 1995
- Description:
- Kwasi Millah of Dompofie sits under the shade of a tree while processing calabash (gourd) bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra). The interior is scraped clean and the calabash set aside to dry. While some are kept for household use, many are sold at market. Once dried, the calabash bowls are durable utensils used for cooking, bathing, and other household tasks. Dompofie, June, 1995.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Dompofie
- Subjects:
- Men's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Lagenaria siceraria; Agriculture; Gourd, Calabash; Cash crops
- Identifier:
- 35
- 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):
- Dompofie;8.14816667, -2.36777778
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.14816667, -2.36777778
16. Calabash bowls drying at a farmstead, Banda, 1982
- Description:
- Cleaned calabash (gourd) bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra) drying at Nduo Wulo Kwadwo's farm on the outskirts of Banda-Ahenkro, August, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Farm shelter
- Subjects Facet:
- Lagenaria siceraria; Agriculture; Gourd, Calabash; Cash crops
- Identifier:
- 23
- 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):
- Banda
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
17. Women removing calabash seeds from pulp, Banda, 1982
- Description:
- Calabash (gourd) seeds (fnumu in Nafaanra) are a prized ingredient used to prepare a much-valued soup (fnumu chiin; calabash seed soup). The pulp is set aside to decay, making it easier to remove the seeds, which are then cleaned, dried, and cracked by hand to remove the seed coat. Here women on Nduo Wulo Kwadwo's farm outside Banda-Ahenkro prepare to carry seeds home for processing. Outskirts of Banda-Ahenkro, August, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Women's work; Fnumu chiin; Soup
- Subjects Facet:
- Lagenaria siceraria; Food processing; Agriculture; Gourd, Calabash
- Identifier:
- 20
- 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):
- Banda
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
18. Processing calabash bowls, Banda, 1982
- Description:
- Nduo Wulo Kwadwo at farm, preparing calabash (gourd) bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra) for market. After removing the pulp and seeds, he scrapes the gourd's interior surface with a metal blade to clean and thin its walls before drying. Farm on the outskirts of Banda-Ahenkro, August, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Men's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Lagenaria siceraria; Agriculture; Gourd, Calabash; Cash crops
- Identifier:
- 16
- 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):
- Banda
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
19. Cashew farm near Bongase, 2018
- Description:
- Banda farmers began planting cashew trees as a cash crop in the early 2000s. Farms dedicated to the production of this export crop, like this one along the road south of Bongase, are increasingly common across the area. Bongase, 14 November, 2018.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Bongase
- Subjects:
- Cashew farm
- Subjects Facet:
- Agriculture; Cash crops
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2018
- Date searchable:
- 2018-11-14
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Location(s):
- Bongase;8.235659, -2.282145
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.235659, -2.282145
20. Cleared and plowed field, Banda-Ahenkro, 2009
- Description:
- A clear-cut, tractor-plowed field at the base of the Banda hills, northwest of Ahenkro. Production of commercial tobacco in the 1980s and 1990s introduced clear cutting and tractor plowing to the area. Once opened up, these fields are not well suited for growing yams or intercropping. They are typically put to production of other cash crops. Northwest of Ahenkro, June, 2009.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Vegetation; Tractor plowing
- Subjects Facet:
- Tobacco; Agriculture; 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):
- Banda;8.175888, -2.361804
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.175888, -2.361804
21. Yaw Manje: Tobacco farming in Banda
- Description:
- Part 1 of an interview with Yaw Manje of Banda-Ahenkro, family head of Hakolo Katoo. Yaw Manje talks about how farmers in the Banda area took up tobacco farming in the 1980s and 1990s and reflects on how growing cash crops like tobacco and cotton affected the land and local communities. This short video focuses on the English translation provided by interviewer Enoch Mensah. A version of Part 1 with the full dialogue in Nafaanra and English is available through a link below. Also available through the "iaff_works" link below through UVic Libraries is the full interview with Yaw Manje. Ahenkro, 13 August, 2018. Length: 00:13:57
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19204; https://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/55680147-5815-4372-b3e7-4119d1a65993
- Date:
- 2018-08-13
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects Facet:
- Agriculture; Farming; Cash crops; Tobacco; Charcoal
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Yaw Manje; Enoch Mensah; Sampson Attah
- Date searchable:
- 2018
- Date searchable:
- 2018-08-13
- Genre Facet:
- Digital video
- Format:
- Video
- Source:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Language Facet:
- English; Nafaanra
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.163833, -2.357833
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.163833, -2.357833
22. Yaw Manje: Tobacco farming in Banda
- Description:
- Part 1 of an interview with Yaw Manje of Banda-Ahenkro, who is family head of Hakolo Katoo. Yaw Manje talks about how farmers in the Banda area took up tobacco farming in the 1980s and 1990s and reflects on how growing cash crops like tobacco and cotton affected the land and local communities. This video includes the full dialogue in Nafaanra and English. A shorter version focused on the English translation by Enoch Mensah is available through a link below. Also available at the "iaff_works" link below through UVic Libraries is the full interview with Yaw Manje. Shorter topically focused excerpts of this interview are available at the links below. Ahenkro, 13 August, 2018. Length: 00:19:36
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19203; https://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/55680147-5815-4372-b3e7-4119d1a65993
- Date:
- 2018-08-13
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects Facet:
- Agriculture; Farming; Cash crops; Tobacco; Charcoal
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Yaw Manje; Enoch Mensah; Sampson Attah; James Anane
- Date searchable:
- 2018
- Date searchable:
- 2018-08-13
- Genre Facet:
- Digital video
- Format:
- Video
- Language Facet:
- Nafaanra; English
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.163833, -2.357833
- People Depicted:
- Yaw Manje
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.163833, -2.357833
23. Young cassava plant, Sabiye, 2022
- 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
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.064602, -2.355298
24. Cassava tuber, Ahenkro, 2022
- Description:
- A cassava tuber (dwa in Nafaanra). 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. Ahenkro, 12 July, 2022.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects Facet:
- Agriculture; Cassava; Manihot
- 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
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.163128, -2.356303
25. Maize plants, Ahenkro, 2022
- 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
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.163128, -2.356303
26. Tobacco field near Nyire, 1994
- Description:
- To the right of a large tree, a field planted with tobacco is seen from the roadside. After clear-cutting, the rectangular field was tractor-plowed and planted with seedlings provided by the Pioneer Tobacco Company. Trees left standing mark the edges of the field. Visible in foreground is scarring created by construction of a new grated road. Near Nyrie, June, 1994.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Date:
- 1994-06
- Location(s) Facet:
- Nyire
- Subjects:
- Tobacco field; Tractor plowing
- Subjects Facet:
- Tobacco; Cash crops; Agriculture; Farming
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1994
- Date searchable:
- 1994-06
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Nyire
- Date Digitized:
- 2020
- Sketchfab Uid:
27. Cashew tree on a Banda area farm, 1995
- Description:
- 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.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Date:
- 1995-06
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Cashew; Anacardium; Agricultural field
- Subjects Facet:
- Agriculture; Farming;Gourd, calabash; Lagenaria siceraria; Cash crop
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1995
- Date searchable:
- 1995-06
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Banda, Bono, Ghana
- Date Digitized:
- 2020
- Sketchfab Uid:
28. Bui Power Authority sign on Ahenkro-Bongase road, 2016
- Description:
- A no-trespassing sign posted by the Bui Power Authority along the paved Ahenkro-Bongase road several kilometers north of Ahenkro identifies "land under acquisition" by the Bui Power Authority (BPA). Electrical poles and wires run along the roadside. The large land parcel under acquisition by BPA has long been home to farms worked by families in Ahenkro and Bongase. These farms produce food for household consumption and cash crops, including cashew. View looking northward, Ahenkro-Bongase road, June, 2016.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Date:
- 2016-06-20
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro; Bongase
- Subjects Facet:
- Agriculture; Cash crops; Bui Dam (Ghana); Roads; Electrification
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Language:
- English
- Date searchable:
- 2016
- Date searchable:
- 2016-06-20
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Language Facet:
- English
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro; Bongase
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.198, -2.33472222
29. Yam tuber exposed in a yam mound, Banda, 1982
- Description:
- The soil of a agricultural mound has been dug away to expose a yam (Dioscorea sp.) tuber. The yam vine spreads across the mound and beyond at the top of the photo, its roots surrounding the tuber. A yellow pencil is placed to the left of the yam to provide scale. Banda area, June, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Date:
- 1982-08
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Agricultural field; Dioscorea sp.
- Subjects Facet:
- Agriculture; Farming; Yams
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-08
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Banda, Bono, Ghana
- Date Digitized:
- 2020
- Sketchfab Uid:
30. Newly formed yam mounds, Banda, 1982
- Description:
- Yam mounds have been raised in a partially cleared agricultural field. Small trees have been left to supply support for climbing vines and to aid fallowing after the field has been used for several years. The hard work of forming the mounds using short-handled hoes takes place early in the dry season, after which mounds are planted with yam cuttings during the months of January-February. The vines grow throughout the rainy months of April to August, forming new tubers which are ready for harvesting in late August-September. Banda area, Dec. 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Date:
- 1982-12
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Dry season; Agricultural field; Dioscorea esculenta
- Subjects Facet:
- Agriculture; Farming; Yams
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-12
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Banda, Bono, Ghana
- Date Digitized:
- 2020
- Sketchfab Uid:
31. Agricultural field planted with cassava, Nyire, 1994
- Description:
- A roadside agricultural field is planted with cassava (Manihot esculenta). The palmate leaves of the mature plants are visible growing among trees that were left standing when the intercropped field was first prepared. Regular weeding is needed to control spear grass, which can be seen growing at the edge of the field. Cassava is grown for its tubers, which can be harvested over a long period and store well when processed and dried. Its leaves are valued as an ingredient in soups. Planted early in the rainy season (April-May) the tubers mature in 6-18 months, depending on variety. Cassava tolerates poorer soils than yams (Dioscorea sp.), which are a preferred food in the area. Therefore, cassava it is grown in intercropped fields after yams are grown in the first year or two and before fields are left to fallow. Roadside near Nyire, August, 1994.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Date:
- 1994-06
- Location(s) Facet:
- Nyire
- Subjects:
- Agricultural field; Manihot esculenta
- Subjects Facet:
- Agriculture; Farming; Cassava
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1994
- Date searchable:
- 1994-06
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Nyire
- Date Digitized:
- 2020
- Sketchfab Uid: