Subject(s): housing - Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past

Description:: Photo of the exterior wall of the Kafͻnͻ Katoo compound in Ahenkro. The wall now occupied by a lace-curtained window was formerly a solid wall on which the image of a bicycle was painted, said to be the first bicycle in Banda and photographed in 1986. Other areas of the exterior wall were previously decorated with inscribed and painted geometric designs, the outlines of which can still be seen in the closeup image of the wall included here. The entire building is roofed with metal. A ewe and her lamb pass by in front of the house. Ahenkro, 1 September, 2018.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17344 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17141
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Kafono Katoo
Subjects Facet:: Exterior walls; Villages; Housing; Metal roofing; Bicycles; Sheep
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2018
Date searchable:: 2018-09-01
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163454, -2.355734
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163454, -2.355734

Description:: Kitchen area of a household in Dorbour. Several hearths are clustered in the center of the open courtyard surrounded by low wooden stools. Several wooden mortars of varying sizes and a number of pestles are clustered along a porch. Pottery and metal pots used in cooking are near the hearth. A goat forages for food amid the hearths. Large vessels to the far left store liquid (water, or possibly pito, locally made beer). The courtyard is surrounded by thatch- and metal-roofed rooms. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Metal pots; Pito
Subjects Facet:: Goats; Food preparation; Stools; Thatched roofs; Mortars & pestles; Metal roofing; Courtyards; Pottery; Housing; Hearths
Identifier:: 13
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):: Dorbour;8.090342, -2.517137
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

Description:: The earthen walls of a house on one side of a multi-room compound have collapsed, the walls filling in the area that was once the house floor. The thatched roofs of other rooms around the open courtyard can be seen in the background. Sabiye, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 1994
Location(s) Facet:: Sabiye
Subjects Facet:: Housing; Building, Clay; Walls; Thatched roofs
Creator:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Date searchable:: 1994
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Sabiye;8.068359, -2.352164
Date Digitized:: 2016
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Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.068359, -2.352164

Description:: This short video made from video footage shot by Patrick Mensah and still images by Dr. Ann Stahl shows some processes of roof thatching in the Banda area. Original still images are available in the Banda Through Time Repository. Banda, 1982-2019. Length: 2:26 minutes.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 2020
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects Facet:: Roofing; Thatched roofs; Dwellings--Maintenance and repair; Housing; Repairing
Creator:: Holly Marsh
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; Patrick Mensah
Language:: English
Date searchable:: 1982-2019
Genre:: Digital video
Genre Facet:: Digital video
Format:: Video
Language Facet:: English
Location(s):: Banda
Sketchfab Uid:
Commentary:: Video made from still images and video footage in Adobe Premiere Pro.

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