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1. 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. A 2018 interview with daughter Lelԑԑ Yahͻͻ provides background on Ma Mnama's history as a farmer. A link to the interview is available, below.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
http://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/f772a633-5e3c-4ec0-a550-0ed9769bbb79;
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 Facet:
35 mm slide
Format:
Image
Location(s):
Banda
Date Digitized:
2016
People Facet:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl

2. 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 Facet:
35 mm slide
Location(s):
Banda
Date Digitized:
2018
People Facet:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

3. Farm shelter near Ahenkro, 1982

Description:
Interior view of a shelter constructed at farm with walls made from woven mats and a thatched roof supported by wooden poles around the shelter's perimeter. In the shelter's rear corner, calabash (gourd; chrԑ in Nafaanra) bowls and ladles rest on a low platform constructed of poles and thatch. Several other worn calabash and fired clay vessels are beneath the platform. A hearth, right foreground, is constructed of three stones in-between which dry wood collected from around the farm is placed. Several maize (corn; bleju in Nafaanra) shucks lie on the ground, lower left foreground. Farm near Ahenkro, September, 1982.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17118 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17120
Location(s) Facet:
Banda
Subjects:
Mats; Farm shelter; Maize
Subjects Facet:
Building; Farming; Gourd, Calabash; Basket making; Firewood; Corn
Identifier:
36
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
1982
Date searchable:
1982-09
Genre Facet:
35 mm slide
Format:
Image
Location(s):
Banda
Date Digitized:
2019-05-28
People Facet:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Mark McIntyre

4. Farm shelter near Ahenkro, 1982

Description:
Exterior view of a shelter constructed at farm with walls made from woven mats and a thatched roof supported by wooden poles around the shelter's perimeter. In the foreground, right, a cutlass (machete) rests on a sharpening stone. In the shade of the shelter's eave to the right of its roof-support pole are a small fired clay eating bowl, a clay cooking pot turned upside down resting on its rim, and a larger fired clay water storage pot. Farm shelters provide shade, refuge from rain and a place to rest and prepare food while families are at their farms, which may be located some distance from their homes. Farm near Ahenkro, September, 1982.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17120 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17119
Location(s) Facet:
Banda
Subjects:
Mats; Farm shelter; Cutlass; Sharpening stone
Subjects Facet:
Building; Baskets; Farming; Pottery
Identifier:
35
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
1982
Date searchable:
1982-09
Genre Facet:
35 mm slide
Format:
Image
Location(s):
Banda
Date Digitized:
2019-05-28
People Facet:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Mark McIntyre

5. Farm shelter near Ahenkro, 1982

Description:
Interior view of a shelter constructed at farm with walls made from woven mats and a thatched roof supported by wooden poles around the shelter's perimeter. Pieces of firewood lay near the shelter's entrance with a small wooden double-ended pestle/grinder lying on its side in front of the wood. Several maize (corn) cobs (bledjukaan in Nafaanra) stripped of their kernels lay on the earthen floor of the shelter. Farm near Ahenkro, September, 1982.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17118 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17119
Location(s) Facet:
Banda
Subjects:
Mats; Farm shelter; Maize; Grinding pestle
Subjects Facet:
Building; Farming; Basket making; Firewood; Corn
Identifier:
38
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
1982
Date searchable:
1982-09
Genre Facet:
35 mm slide
Format:
Image
Location(s):
Banda
Date Digitized:
2019-05-28
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Mark McIntyre

6. Calabash Use, Banda Area, Ghana, 1982-2019

Description:
This short video made from still images and video footage shows calabash processing and use in the Banda area, Ghana. Original images and footage are available in the Banda Through Time Repository. Banda, 1982-2019. Length: 5:02 minutes.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Date:
2019
Location(s) Facet:
Banda; Brong-Ahafo Region
Subjects Facet:
Gourd, Calabash; Cash crops; Farming; Songs; Music; Rites and ceremonies; Drums (musical instrument); Xylophone; Rattles
Creator:
Holly Marsh
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl; Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Date searchable:
1982-2019
Genre Facet:
Digital video
Format:
Video
Language Facet:
English
Location(s):
Banda; Brong-Ahafo Region
Commentary:
Video made from still images, video footage, and audio in iMovie and Adobe Premiere Pro.

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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 Facet:
Yaw Manje
Geographic Coordinates:
8.163833, -2.357833

13. 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
People Facet:
Yaw Manje
Geographic Coordinates:
8.163833, -2.357833

14. Okra blossom, Sabiye, 2022

Description:
Blossom of an okra plant (Abelmoschus esculentus; lɔndɔ in Nafaanra). The okra fruit is used as an ingredient in soups. Sabiye, 15 July, 2022.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Sabiye
Subjects Facet:
Okra; Farming
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

15. Mixed farm field with yam vines climbing a tree, Sabiye, 2022

Description:
An intercropped farm field in which trees have been left to provide structure for climbing plants like yam vines. Sabiye, 15 July, 2022.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Sabiye
Subjects Facet:
Farming; Intercropping; Yams
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

16. Young yam vine, Sabiye, 2022

Description:
A young yam vine growing in a yam mound. Sabiye, 15 July, 2022
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Sabiye
Subjects Facet:
Yams; Farming
Creator:
Allison Balabuch
Date searchable:
2022
Date searchable:
2022-07-15
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Location(s):
Sabiye;8.064602, -2.355298
Geographic Coordinates:
8.064602, -2.355298

17. Young yam vine, Sabiye, 2022

Description:
A young yam vine growing in a yam mound. Sabiye, 15 July, 2022
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Sabiye
Subjects Facet:
Yams; Farming
Creator:
Allison Balabuch
Date searchable:
2022
Date searchable:
2022-07-15
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Location(s):
Sabiye;8.064602, -2.355298
Geographic Coordinates:
8.064602, -2.355298

18. Yam mound, Sabiye, 2022

Description:
A yam mound formed by hoeing soil upwards. Sabiye, 15 July, 2022
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Sabiiye
Subjects Facet:
Yams; Farming
Creator:
Allison Balabuch
Date searchable:
2022
Date searchable:
2022-07-15
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Location(s):
Sabiye;8.064602, -2.355298
Geographic Coordinates:
8.064602, -2.355298

19. 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
Geographic Coordinates:
8.064602, -2.355298