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1. Children playing, New Yam Festival, Ahenkro, 1982

Description:
The New Yam Festival (Finyjie Lie in Nafaanra) is a day of celebration for everyone, including children. Here children gather under the shade of a large tree around play hearths made with stones and clay where they are preparing for their own celebration. The thatched roofs of nearby houses appear in the background. 30 August, 1982, Ahenkro.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Children; New Yam Festival; Finyjie Lie (Festival)
Subjects Facet:
Thatched roofs; Play
Identifier:
5
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
1982
Date searchable:
1982-08-30
Genre Facet:
35 mm slide
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.164906, -2.355708
Date Digitized:
2016
People Facet:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:
8.164906, -2.355708

2. Boys playing oware, Ahenkro, 1995

Description:
Oware is a game of strategy in which players attempt to capture an opponent's counters or beans as they are moved counter-clockwise through a series of twelve cups (6 on each side of the board). Here young boys have made an oware board in by scooping holes in the dirt. They use dried seeds from the pods of a leguminous tree as counters. Ahenkro, 1995.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Ahenkro
Subjects Facet:
Children; Oware (Game); Games; Play
Identifier:
6
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
1995
Date searchable:
1995
Genre Facet:
35 mm slide
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.163264, -2.356141
Date Digitized:
2019-03-08
People Facet:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:
8.163264, -2.356141

3. Toy truck made from tin cans, Ahenkro, 2000

Description:
A young boy has made a lorry (truck) from tin cans and other discarded materials. The wheels are made from worn-out "flip-flop" shoes and the string tied to the front allows him to pull the truck. Behind him in the distance, to the right, is the wooden shed that housed one of the area's first corn-grinding mills. Ahenkro, 2000.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Tin cans; Ahenkro; Toy truck
Subjects Facet:
Grain mills; Children; Toys; Play
Identifier:
35
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B
Date searchable:
2000
Date searchable:
2000
Genre Facet:
35 mm slide
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.163264, -2.356141
Date Digitized:
2019-03-08
People Facet:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:
8.163264, -2.356141

4. Toy truck made from tin cans, Ahenkro 1990

Description:
A young boy has made a lorry (truck) from tin cans and other discarded materials. The wheels are made from worn-out "flip-flop" shoes and the string tied to the front allows him to pull the truck. Ahenkro, 1990.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Tin cans; Toy truck
Subjects Facet:
Children; Toys; Play
Identifier:
15
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
1990
Date searchable:
1990
Genre Facet:
35 mm slide
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.163264, -2.356141
Date Digitized:
2019-03-08
People Facet:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:
8.163264, -2.356141

5. Play cooking, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:
A young girl (Akwia Linda) pretends to cook over a hearth she has made using small sticks and a tin sardine can. Ahenkro, 1986.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Pretending
Subjects Facet:
Children; Hearths; Play
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
1986
Date searchable:
1986
Genre Facet:
35 mm slide
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.163264, -2.356141
Date Digitized:
2019-03-08
People Facet:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:
8.163264, -2.356141

6. Boys' pretend tobacco barn, Ahenkro, 1995

Description:
Two young boys tend to a pretend tobacco drying barn that they have built on the south side of Ahenkro, near to where tobacco is being processed. A functional drying barn is visible in the background (center) alongside large piles of wood that will be used to fuel it. Two photos. Ahenkro, 1995.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Ahenkro; Drying barns; Pretending
Subjects Facet:
Firewood; Tobacco; Children; Play
Identifier:
34
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
1995
Date searchable:
1995
Genre Facet:
35 mm slide
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.163264, -2.356141
Date Digitized:
2019-03-08
People Facet:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:
8.163264, -2.356141