31. Drumming for masquerade dancers, 2019

Description:

An elder Ligbi woman and a young man play drums with their hands during a masquerade dance performed at a heritage celebration organized by the Banda Heritage Initiative. Seated in the background to the right are Nafana potters from Dorbour with an array of their wares. 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

Location(s) Facet:

Ahenkro

Subjects:

Banda Cultural Centre; Bedu; Do

Subjects Facet:

Heritage; Community event; Masquerades; Dance; Ligbi (language); Drums (musical instrument); Pottery

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

32. Women playing calabash drums, Boase, 2018

Description:

Calabash drums accompany songs sung by Nafana women during the celebration of puberty (Manaa Ndiom) and marriage (Bijam) rites. These drums are played exclusively by women. The drums are made by filling a large hollowed-out calabash or gourd (chrɛ in Nafaanra) with water. A smaller calabash bowl (chrɛgbɔɔ in Nafaanra) floating upright in the water provides the surface on which the women drum. This short video shows the technique by which women strike the floating calabash and the rim of the large calabash with small calabash ladles held in their right hands. Visible at the bottom of the larger calabash drum are maize (bleju in Nafaanra) kernels tossed into the drum by passing dancers. The women sing as they drum. Boase, 11 November, 2018. Length: .23 minutes.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Relation:

https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17123 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17122 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17326

Location(s) Facet:

Boase

Subjects:

Techniques; Manaa Ndiom; Bijam; Maize

Subjects Facet:

Drums (musical instrument); Music; Rites and ceremonies; Nafana (African people); Gourd, Calabash; Puberty rites; Corn; Marriage customs and rites; Songs

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

2018

Date searchable:

2018-11-11

Genre:

Digital video

Genre Facet:

Digital video

Format:

Video

Language Facet:

Nafaanra

Location(s):

Boase;8.018356, -2.298013

Geographic Coordinates:

8.018356, -2.298013

33. Banda Heritage Event: Fawoman Hunters' Dances, 2019

Description:

At a day-long celebration of the Banda area's rich cultural heritage at the Banda Cultural Centre in Banda-Ahenkro, a group of hunters from Fawoman performed dances passed down through generations of hunters. Known as Bɔfɔɔrɔ, ancestral hunters learned these dances from animals in the bush. Using an unloaded gun and accompanied by drums and percussion instruments made from hippo jaws and canines, hunters and women from Fawoman shared ten dances with the assembled crowd. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019. Length: 00:19:57 minutes.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Relation:

https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17143

Date:

2019-06-28

Location(s) Facet:

Ahenkro

Subjects:

Performance

Subjects Facet:

Hunters; Firearms; Dance; Drums (musical instrument); Hippopotamus; Heritage

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Kwesi Donkor

Date searchable:

2019

Date searchable:

2019-06-28

Genre Facet:

Digital video

Format:

Video

Source:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Language Facet:

Nafaanra

Location(s):

Ahenkro;8.166006, -2.354521

Geographic Coordinates:

8.166006, -2.354521