Genre: 35 mm slide - Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past

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1. Family history interview with Kofi Asԑmpasa, Gbԑԑnlԑԑ [Gbeenlee] Katoo

Description:: The first oral history interview conducted by the Banda Research Project was with Kofi Asԑmpasa of Gbԑԑnlԑԑ Katoo, Gbao, in November 1982. Asԑmpasa is pictured here with family member James Anane (holding the tape recorder), listening to the audio recording of his interview. His reaction upon hearing the tape: "That man knows his history!" Asԑmpasa was among the most remarkable oral historians encountered in the course of the Banda Research Project. Gbao, 16 Nov, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17437 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16692
Location(s) Facet:: Gbao
Subjects:: Kofi Asempasa; Gbao; Family history; Gbeenlee Katoo; James Anane
Subjects Facet:: Oral history
Creator:: Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-11-16
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Gbao;8.147021, -2.362744
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.147021, -2.362744

2. 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:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Banda
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl

3. Members of Kuulo Katoo, Dompofie, 1986

Description:: Family history interview with Elders of Kuulo Katoo including (seated front, left to right) Kwame Broma, Tolԑԑ Kwadwo Fordjour (Odikro), Lelԑԑ Afua Fofie (female head). Standing in brown cloth, Kwasi Millah, and to his right Emmanuel Dwira. Other members of Kuulo Katoo pictured are Kwasi Donkor and Kwabena Mensah. James Anane (interviewer) standing left. Dompofie, 6 August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17487
Location(s) Facet:: Dompofie
Subjects:: Family history; Kuulo Katoo
Subjects Facet:: Oral history
Creator:: Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-08-06
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Dompofie;8.14816667, -2.36777778
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14816667, -2.36777778

4. Yaw Fori, Swordbearer, Kafͻnͻ Katoo, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Kafͻnͻ Katoo, Ahenkro, has long provided swordbearers (Bͻͻnfiԑn Yiifun) to the Banda paramount stool. Yaw Fori, pictured here, held the position in 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17484 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16689
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Kafͻnͻ [Kafono] Katoo; Family history; Swordbearers
Subjects Facet:: Oral history
Creator:: Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07-29
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

5. Members of Gangoolo Katoo, Sanwa, 1986

Description:: Family history interview with members of Gangoolo Katoo, including Tolԑԑ Sah Dongi, Oyokohene (seated, center), Kwaku Donkor (linguist, seated, light blue cloth), Kwado Fordjour and Ama Nyini (on left with head scarf), Samwa, 4 August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17443
Location(s) Facet:: Sanwa
Subjects:: Family history; Gangoolo Katoo
Subjects Facet:: Oral history
Creator:: Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-08-04
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Sanwa;8.142199, -2.372039
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142199, -2.372039

6. Members of Kofi Krԑma Katoo, Ahenkro , 1986

Description:: Family history interview with Elders of Kofi Krԑma [Krema] Katoo. Seated center Donkor Amma, female head; seated right Kwadwo Abedi, male head. Banda-Ahenkro, 13 August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17486
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Kofi Krԑma [Krema] Katoo; Family history
Subjects Facet:: Oral history
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-08-13
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

7. Elders of Kafͻnͻ Katoo, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Family history interview with Elders of Kafͻnͻ Katoo: left, Yaw Fori (Bͻͻnfiԑn Yiifun); right, Kupo Aboateaa, Bamuhene, Ahenkro, 23 July, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17484 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16688
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Kafͻnͻ [Kafono] Katoo; Family history
Subjects Facet:: Oral history
Creator:: Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07-23
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

8. Members of Gbԑԑnlԑԑ Katoo, Gbao, 1986

Description:: Elders of Gbԑԑnlԑԑ Katoo: Kofi Asԑmpasa (center) and Yaa Gbao (right) with James Anane (left), Gbao, 8 August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17437
Location(s) Facet:: Gbao
Subjects:: Gbԑԑnlԑԑ [Gbeenlee] Katoo; Family history
Subjects Facet:: Oral history
Creator:: Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-08-08
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Gbao;8.147021, -2.362744
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.147021, -2.362744

9. Members of Gbla Wolo Katoo, Sabiye, 1986

Description:: Family history interview with members of Gbla Wolo Katoo, including Nana Sie Jiniŋge, Ankobeahene (seated, center) as well as Ha Yaw, Sie Yaw Bediako, Asoma Kramo, Siedu, Kwaku Frimpong and Kwasi Wankyi, Sabiye, 15 August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Sabiye
Subjects:: Gbla Wolo Katoo; Family history
Subjects Facet:: Oral history
Creator:: Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-08-15
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Sabiye;8.068359, -2.352164
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.068359, -2.352164

10. Kofi Asԑmpasa, Gbԑԑnlԑԑ Katoo, Gbao, 1986

Description:: Kofi Asempasa, male head of Gbԑԑnlԑԑ Katoo, Gbao, 8 August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17437 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16674
Location(s) Facet:: Gbao
Subjects:: Family history; Gbԑԑnlԑԑ [Gbeenlee] Katoo
Subjects Facet:: Oral history
Creator:: Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
Date searchable:: 1986-08-08
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Gbao;8.147021, -2.362744
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.147021, -2.362744

11. Members of Gbaŋmbԑ Katoo, Sanwa, 1986

Description:: Members of Gbaŋmbɛ Katoo demonstrate the use of a (partially constructed) balo or xylophone (sinyeele in Nafaanra). The instrument is played at special funerals, including those of the paramount chief. A calabash with a small hole lies beneath the instrument. Together with other calabashes of graded size (small to large), it serves as the instrument's resonating chamber when fully assembled. By striking the sinyeele's wooden keys with a mallet, a range of musical notes are produced by the differently sized calabashes. Nyua Kwadwo (male family head) holds the mallets he uses to play the sinyeele. On each wrist he wears an iron bangle or bracelet with metal jangles. To the left, a family member plays a drum made from a clay pot. Sanwa, 6 August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17506 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16696
Location(s) Facet:: Sanwa
Subjects:: Family history; Gbaŋmbɛ [Gbangmbe] Katoo
Subjects Facet:: Drums (musical instrument); Music; Balo; Bangles; Funeral customs and rites; Oral history; Gourd, Calabash; Pottery; Xylophone
Creator:: Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-08-06
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Sanwa;8.142199, -2.372039
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142199, -2.372039

12. Amma Bio, Gbaŋmbɛ Katoo, Sanwa, 1986

Description:: Amma Bio of Gbaŋmbɛ Katoo demonstrates the dance associated with sinyeele (balo or xylophone) music played at funerals. Male family head Nyua Kwadwo plays the sinyeele. Lying beneath the partially assembled instrument are calabashes that serve as resonators and produce the instrument's distinctive sound. A small wooden stool lies on its side nearby. Sanwa, 6 August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17506 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16697
Location(s) Facet:: Sanwa
Subjects:: Family history; Gbaŋmbɛ [Gbangmbe] Katoo
Subjects Facet:: Music; Balo; Funeral customs and rites; Dance; Oral history; Gourd, Calabash; Xylophone; Stools
Creator:: Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-08-06
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Sanwa;8.142199, -2.372039
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142199, -2.372039

13. Marketplace at Banda-Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: The weekly market at Banda-Ahenkro was formerly held at this marketplace, its thatch-roofed stalls located on the south edge of town beneath a majestic kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra). The tree was downed in a storm in the late 1990s, after which the market was relocated to an adjacent village. Ahenkro, June, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16730; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16729; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17799
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Kapok; Ceiba pentandra; Marketplace
Subjects Facet:: Thatched roofs; Markets
Identifier:: 35
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):: Ahenkro;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

14. Sacred Vessel of Gape Katoo, Bofie, 1995

Description:: Base of a sacred copper alloy vessel associated with Gape Katoo ancestor Buari Kojo, Bofie, July, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17444 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16724 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17154 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16722
Location(s) Facet:: Bofie
Subjects:: Bronze basin; Family history; Gape Katoo; Buari Kojo
Subjects Facet:: Oral history; Ritual; Copper alloys
Identifier:: slide 30
Creator:: Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; Emmanuel Dwira
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 1986-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Bofie;8.019775, -2.375237
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.019775, -2.375237

15. Sacred Basins of Gape Katoo, Bofie, 1995

Description:: Young men of Gape Katoo hold the sacred objects associated with ancestor Buari Kojo, Bofie, July, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17444 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17154 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16722 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16723
Location(s) Facet:: Bofie
Subjects:: Bronze basin; Family history; Gape Katoo; Buari Kojo
Subjects Facet:: Oral history; Ritual
Identifier:: slide 33
Creator:: Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; Emmanuel Dwira
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 1995-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Bofie;8.019775, -2.375237
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.019775, -2.375237

16. Members of Chorigbͻͻnͻ House, Sase, 1986

Description:: Family history interview with members of Chorigbͻͻnͻ [Chorigboono] House, including Imam Lakaria (center, blue robe), Abakan Wͻye, Moro, Daudu, Sale Asomana, Alhaji Sefuyani, Adam Moro and Amadu Yaya, Sase, 20 July, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17505
Location(s) Facet:: Sase
Subjects:: Chorigbͻͻnͻ [Chorigboono] House; Family history
Subjects Facet:: Islam; Oral history
Creator:: Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07-20
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Sase;8.151558, -2.363023
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.151558, -2.363023

17. Sacred Basins of Gape Katoo, Bofie, 1995

Description:: Elders of Gape Katoo offering libations on sacred objects associated with ancestor Buari Kojo, Bofie, July, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17444 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16724 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17154 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16723
Location(s) Facet:: Bofie
Subjects:: Bronze basin; Family history; Gape Katoo; Buari Kojo
Subjects Facet:: Libations; Ritual; Copper alloys; Oral history
Creator:: Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; Emmanuel Dwira
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 1995-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Bofie;8.019775, -2.375237
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.019775, -2.375237

18. Members of Tapanwolo Katoo, Sabiye, 1986

Description:: Family history interview with members of Tapanwolo Katoo, including Pԑ Yaw, family head (seated, second from left), Kwadwo Ladjaa (seated, third from left) and Alhaji Adama Abudulai, Sabiye, 15 August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17498
Location(s) Facet:: Sabiye
Subjects:: Family history; Tapanwolo Katoo
Subjects Facet:: Oral history
Creator:: Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-08-15
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Sabiye;8.068359, -2.352164
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.068359, -2.352164

19. Marketplace at Banda-Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: Controlled fires burn in the hills behind Banda-Ahenkro, part of the Bui National Park. The remains of a small grass fire are visible in the foreground. The thatched stalls of the weekly marketplace are visible beneath the majestic kapok tree that once stood at the south edge of town. To the left, near the smaller tree, is the reddish iron roof of the first town clinic, home to a nurse stationed by the goverment in town. Ahenkro experienced several major fires in the 20th century, prompting people to opt for metal roofs when they could afford them. Ahenkro, December, 1982
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16730 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17799 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16751
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Clinic; Bui National Park; Stalls
Subjects Facet:: Building; Controlled burns; Thatched roofs; Landscapes; Metal roofing; Fires; Mountains; Markets
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-12
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

20. Ewe fishing village, north bank of the Black Volta River, 1982

Description:: Villages of Ewe families who made their livelihood through fishing lined the banks of the Black Volta River on its northern and southern shores during the 20th century. Viewed here from the south bank, looking northward from Agbegikrom South, is the fishing village of Agbegikrom North. Because their homes were located a short distance downstream from the site of Bui Dam, villagers in both settlements were relocated beginning in 2008 as construction on the dam began. Agbegikrom North, 7 October, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Agbegikrom North
Subjects:: Relocation
Subjects Facet:: Bui Dam (Ghana); Black Volta River; Fishing villages; Ewe (African people); Housing
Identifier:: 6
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-10-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Agbegikrom North;8.232275, -2.205676
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.232275, -2.205676

21. Fires burning in the hills above Banda-Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: Controlled fire has long been used as a way to improve forage for animals, aid hunting, and amend soil nutrients. Here a controlled burn within Bui National Park is visible on the mountainside west of Ahenkro. The town's thatch-roofed market stands are visible (right) as are branches of the majestic kapok tree that once shaded the market on the south edge of town. Thatched roofs could easily catch fire and Ahenkro suffered major fires several times during the 20th century. Ahenkro, December, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Bui National Park
Subjects Facet:: Controlled burns; Thatched roofs; Villages; Markets
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-12
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.162890, -2.356993
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.162890, -2.356993

22. Main street, Banda-Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: The road from Menji to the Black Volta River passes through the center of Banda-Ahenkro, pictured here in 1982, view to the north. Earthen-walled buildings line the main street. Houses on the right-hand side have thatched roofs while those on the left have metal roofs. People walk in the center of the street as they move about town. Ahenkro, December, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16757
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Main street
Subjects Facet:: Thatched roofs; Roads; Metal roofing; Building, Clay; Villages
Identifier:: 14
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-12
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163211, -2.356557
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163211, -2.356557

23. Marketplace at Banda-Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: The weekly market at Banda-Ahenkro was formerly held at this marketplace, located on the south edge of town beneath a majestic kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra). Thatched market shelters are visible at the base of the tree. The ancient tree was downed in a storm in the late 1990s. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16751 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16725 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16729 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17799 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16734
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Ceiba pentandra; Stalls; Trees
Subjects Facet:: Thatched roofs; Markets
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;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

24. Lesson in progress, Junior Secondary School, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: A teacher at the Junior Secondary School, located on the south side of Ahenkro, teaches an English language lesson. Ahenkro, July, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17160
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Teacher; Education
Subjects Facet:: Schools
Identifier:: 0
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;8.161810, -2.359203
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.161810, -2.359203

25. Primary and Junior Secondary Schools on the south side of Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Situated on the south side of Ahenkro against the backdrop of the Banda hills, one of the village's thatch-roofed primary schools (left) and the Junior Secondary School, still under construction but with one metal-roofed classroom in use. Ahenkro, July, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Education
Subjects Facet:: Building; Thatched roofs; Metal roofing; Schools
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;8.161810, -2.359203
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.161810, -2.359203

26. Primary school students, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Primary school students and their teachers pose for a photo outside their thatch-roofed school building on the south side of Ahenkro, July, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Students; Education
Subjects Facet:: Thatched roofs; Building, Clay; Schools
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;8.161810, -2.359203
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.161810, -2.359203

27. Main street, Makala, 1990

Description:: A view of Makala's wide main street, standing at the west edge of town, looking eastward. A mango tree grows in the street at the far end of the street. Atakpame (coursed earthen-walled) houses with thatched roofs line the street. The streets and areas around houses are kept clear of plants. Enoch Mensah (left) and Andy Black (right) stroll down the street after a day of work at Makala Kataa, the archaeological site located immediately west of Makala. Wide main streets like this one were was established in the 1920s when a British colonial District Officer implemented a "village planning" scheme. New villages were laid out next to existing settlements, and old villages abandoned as people relocated. The new villages were laid out on a grid pattern oriented by a wide main street. Archaeological excavations (1989, 1990 and 1994) at the old village site (Makala Kataa) have revealed much about daily life of Banda villagers in the late 18th and 19th centuries. See below for a link to a the 1902 Gold Coast Colony Ordinance that prompted these relocations: "Rules with Respect to Regulation of Towns and Villages." Makala, June-July, 1990. Makala, June-July, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17438 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16741
Location(s) Facet:: Makala
Subjects:: Atakpame; Relocation; Mango tree; Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Thatched roofs; Villages; Excavations (Archaeology); Housing; Building, Clay; Streets
Identifier:: 27
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Date searchable:: 1990-06/07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Makala;8.142462, -2.381817
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142462, -2.381817

28. Courtyard of a compound house, Makala, 1990

Description:: Kitchen area in the center of a courtyard house, with a large wooden mortar visible in the foreground. Women and youngsters are seated near hearths with a variety of serving and cooking vessels made of basketry, metal, calabash and plastic placed around the courtyard. The large metal drum in the background is used for water storage. Makala, June-July, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Makala
Subjects:: Metal pots; Water barrels; Plastic containers; Headpans
Subjects Facet:: Baskets; Mortars & pestles; Hearths; Gourd, calabash; Courtyards; Water; Housing
Identifier:: 10
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Date searchable:: 1990-06/07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Makala;8.142462, -2.381817
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142462, -2.381817

29. Southwest edge of Makala, 1990

Description:: Makala as viewed from the southwest edge of town, looking northwest. A metal-roofed atakpame (coursed earthen-walled) courtyard house is in the foreground, with thatched-roof buildings visible beyond. The Banda hills rise in the background. Paths cut through the plants that grow up to village's edge. Makala, June-July, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Makala
Subjects:: Atakpame; Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Courtyard houses; Thatched roofs; Masonry; Metal roofing; Housing; Building, Clay; Villages
Identifier:: 2
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Date searchable:: 1990-06/07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Makala;8.142515, -2.382644
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142515, -2.382644

30. Main street, Makala, 1990

Description:: A view of houses along the north side of Makala's wide main street, looking northwest toward the Banda hills. Visible are atakpame (coursed earthen-walled) houses with thatched roofs. The exterior walls of some buildings are plastered. The streets and areas around houses are kept clear of plants. Makala, June-July, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Makala
Subjects:: Atakpame; Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Thatched roofs; Villages; Streets; Building, Clay
Identifier:: 29
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Date searchable:: 1990-06/07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Makala;8.142462, -2.381817
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142462, -2.381817

31. House on Makala's main street, 1990

Description:: A courtyard house on the north side of Makala's main street. The atakpame (coursed earth) walls of the street-facing porch are plastered. The house compound's roofs and those of neighboring houses are thatched. The broad street in front of the house is clear of vegetation. Makala, June-July, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Makala
Subjects:: Atakpame; Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Plastering; Courtyard houses; Thatched roofs; Villages; Streets; Housing
Identifier:: 4
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Date searchable:: 1990-06/07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Makala;8.142462, -2.381817
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142462, -2.381817

32. Marketplace at Banda-Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: A Friday morning weekly market in progress at the marketplace on the south side of Banda-Ahenkro, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16725 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16729 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17799 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16730
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects Facet:: Villages; Markets
Identifier:: 0
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-08
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

33. Main street, Makala, 1990

Description:: A view of Makala's wide main street, standing under a mango tree at the east end of town looking westward. Houses with thatched roofs line the main street, with a metal-roofed house visible to the right. Makala, June-July, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Makala
Subjects:: Mango tree
Subjects Facet:: Thatched roofs; Metal roofing; Streets; Housing; Villages
Identifier:: 31
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Date searchable:: 1990-06/07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Makala;8.142462, -2.381817
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142462, -2.381817

34. Children gathered on main street, Makala, 1990

Description:: A group of children gather for a photo on Makala's main street. The contemporary village was established in the 1920s when a British colonial District Officer implemented a "village planning" scheme. New villages were laid out next to existing settlements, and old villages abandoned. The new villages were laid out on a grid pattern, as seen here in the wide main street. The old village (Makala Kataa) was located in the wooded area at the end of this street. Archaeological excavations (1989, 1990 and 1994) at Early and Late Makala Kataa have revealed much about daily life of Banda villagers in the late 18th and 19th centuries. See below for a link to a guiding 1902 Gold Coast Colony Ordinance, "Rules with Respect to Regulation of Towns and Villages." Makala, June-July, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17438 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16738
Location(s) Facet:: Makala
Subjects:: Village planning
Subjects Facet:: Thatched roofs; Villages; Streets; Housing
Identifier:: 6
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Date searchable:: 1990-06/07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Makala;8.142462, -2.381817
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142462, -2.381817

35. Interior of a courtyard house, Makala, 1994

Description:: The interior of a courtyard house surrounded by thatch-roofed rooms. Houses like this were often built over time, with rooms added as needed, gradually enclosing the interior courtyard. The compound in this photo is fully enclosed, with a doorway to the exterior visible in the center, back. Four hearths are visible in the courtyard, surrounded by a variety of metal vessels used in food preparation and other daily activities. Left, a pestle lies on the ground surrounded by groundnut (peanut, boŋgrɛ in Nafaanra) shells. Makala, July, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Makala
Subjects:: Metal pots; Groundnuts (peanuts); Headpans
Subjects Facet:: Food preparation; Courtyard houses; Thatched roofs; Mortars & pestles; Hearths
Identifier:: 26
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994
Date searchable:: 1994-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Makala;8.142358, -2.383358
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142358, -2.383358

36. Interior of a compound house, Makala, 1994

Description:: A youngster helps a woman remove a loaded headpan as she approaches the thatch-roofed veranda of a room in a compound house. A variety of metal containers used to prepare food and for other household tasks are placed about, along with several calabash bowls and low stools used in this kitchen area. A headpan containing dishes rests on a cluster of hearth stones, lower right. Makala, July, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Makala
Subjects:: Headloading; Metal pots; Headpans
Subjects Facet:: Stools; Thatched roofs; Gourd, Calabash; Courtyards; Lifting and carrying
Identifier:: 27
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994
Date searchable:: 1994-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Makala;8.142358, -2.383358
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142358, -2.383358

37. Exterior of a compound house, Makala, 1994

Description:: The exterior of a compound house made of adjoining rooms oriented around a rectangular courtyard. These were often built over time, with rooms added as needed, gradually enclosing the interior courtyard. The compound in this photo is open on one side, rooms surrounding the other three sides of the courtyard. Atakpame walls are visible as are the gabled thatched roofs that protect walls from erosion by rain. Makala, July, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Makala
Subjects:: Atakpame
Subjects Facet:: Courtyard houses; Thatched roofs; Building, Clay; Housing
Identifier:: 23
Creator:: Dr. Brian Thomas
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994
Date searchable:: 1994-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Makala;8.142358, -2.383358
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Brian Thomas
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142358, -2.383358

38. Exterior wall of a compound house, Makala, 1994

Description:: Exterior wall of a compound house covered by a thatched roof. The coursed earth (atakpame) wall was built in stages as rooms were added. An exterior roof support pole is visible to the left. A coconut palm, an unusual tree in this area of savanna woodland far from the coast, is visible in the background. Houses and surrounding streets are kept clear of grass and other plants. Makala, July 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Makala
Subjects:: Coconut palm; Atakpame
Subjects Facet:: Thatched roofs; Villages; Housing; Building, Clay
Identifier:: 35
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994
Date searchable:: 1994-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Makala;8.142358, -2.383358
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142358, -2.383358

39. View of Makala, looking northwest, 1990

Description:: Houses with metal roofs are interspersed with thatch-roofed dwellings. The house to the left has a partially constructed atakpame (coursed-earth) room in progress. To the right of this, a stand of maize (corn, bledju in Nafaanra) grows, protected from foraging goats by a hedge. The young boy, foreground, wears a school uniform. Makala, June-July, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Makala
Subjects:: Atakpame; Maize
Subjects Facet:: Gardens; Thatched roofs; Metal roofing; Corn; Housing; Building, Clay; Villages
Identifier:: 8
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Date searchable:: 1990-06/07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Makala;8.142573, -2.381145
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142573, -2.381145

40. Exterior house wall, Makala, 1994

Description:: The exterior wall of an atakpame (coursed earth) house. Atakpame is a technique for building durable earthen walls that can stand for many decades. The thatched roof is supported by interior and exterior posts and does not rest on the walls. When covered by well-maintained thatched roofs, the walls are protected from erosion by rain. A goat walks on the street outside. Makala, July, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Makala
Subjects:: Atakpame
Subjects Facet:: Goats; Thatched roofs; Building, Clay; Exterior walls; Housing
Identifier:: 34
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994
Date searchable:: 1994-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Makala;8.142358, -2.383358
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142358, -2.383358

41. Doorway of a compound house, Makala, 1994

Description:: A woman sifts flour in the foreground as two women in the background pound maize (corn, bledju in Nafaanra) in wooden mortars. The women are sheltered from the sun by the thatched roof that covers this entrance to the house compound. View to the street beyond. Makala, July, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Makala
Subjects:: Metal pots; Pounding; Headpans
Subjects Facet:: Food processing; Thatched roofs; Mortars & pestles; Housing
Identifier:: 32
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994
Date searchable:: 1994-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Makala;8.142358, -2.383358
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142358, -2.383358

42. Floor of an interior courtyard, Makala, 1994

Description:: Large stones, some used as grindstones, are placed about the corner of this courtyard. Groundnut (peanut, boŋgrɛ in Nafaanra) shells lay on the ground at the feet of a child. A carved wooden stool appears alongside stools made from sawed boards, the latter typical of those taken to school by children each day and those used by women as they sit hearth-side while cooking. Two calabash bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra) sit nearby. Makala, July, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Makala
Subjects:: Grindstones; Groundnuts (peanuts)
Subjects Facet:: Stools; Villages; Gourd, Calabash; Courtyards; Grinding; Housing; Building, Clay
Identifier:: 38?
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994
Date searchable:: 1994-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Makala;8.142358, -2.383358
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142358, -2.383358

43. Storm-damaged kapok tree, Ahenkro market, 2000

Description:: A storm in late 1999/early 2000 brought down the majestic kapok (Ceiba pentandra) tree that stood over the former market site on the south side of Ahenkro. Here the fallen tree is in the process of being cut and hauled away. Chickens and a goat forage in the foreground. Ahenkro, May, 2000.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16730 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16729; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17799
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Kapok; Storms; Ceiba pentandra; Trees
Subjects Facet:: Goats; Villages; Markets; Chickens
Identifier:: 11
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2000
Date searchable:: 2000-05
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

44. Main street of Ahenkro, 2001

Description:: Main street of Banda-Ahenkro, view to the south, standing near the Banda Cultural Centre. In the distance, one of the passenger vans that made the daily trip to market towns (Wenchi, Sampa) is parked in front of the Omanhene's (paramount chief) palace. Two poles anticipate the arrival of electricity, still some years away. Metal roofs have begun to replace the thatched roofs of earlier years. Ahenkro, July, 2001.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects Facet:: Rural electrification; Metal roofing; Transportation; Villages; Streets
Identifier:: 9
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2001
Date searchable:: 2001-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.166298, -2.354733
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.166298, -2.354733

45. Main street, Makala, 1994

Description:: A view of Makala's wide main street, standing at the west edge of town, looking eastward. A mango tree grows in the street at the far end of the street. Atakpame (coursed earthen-walled) houses with thatched roofs line the street. A single house with a metal roof is visible to the right of the mango tree. The streets and areas around houses are kept clear of plants. Makala, July, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Makala
Subjects:: Mango tree
Subjects Facet:: Thatched roofs; Metal roofing; Streets; Villages
Identifier:: 8
Creator:: Dr. Brian Thomas
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994
Date searchable:: 1994-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Makala;8.142358, -2.383358
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Brian Thomas
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142358, -2.383358

46. Atakpame walls, Dompofie, 1982

Description:: The walls of an atakpame (coursed-earth) structure drying before the next course of earthen building material is added. Behind, to the left, a block constructed building in progress and houses with metal roofs. Dompofie, September, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17172 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16763
Location(s) Facet:: Dompofie
Subjects:: Techniques; Atakpame
Subjects Facet:: Villages; Bricks; Housing; Building, Clay; Metal roofing
Identifier:: 32
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-09
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Dompofie;8.148574, -2.367172
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.148574, -2.367172

47. House courtyard, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: A partially enclosed courtyard area of a house, with wall stubs of a collapsed room (right). One set of rooms was built with sun-dried blocks, then plastered and roofed with metal sheets. The other building is also plastered, but roofed with thatch. Two hearths are located in the courtyard and each building has a metal barrel used to store water. A headpan filled calabash bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra) sits near one water barrel. A wooden mortar (left) is turned upside down, likely to protect it from foraging goats. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Headpans; Water barrels
Subjects Facet:: Goats; Thatched roofs; Mortars & pestles; Metal roofing; Courtyards; Housing; Building, Clay; Hearths
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;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

48. Courtyard kitchen area, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: The courtyard kitchen area of a partially enclosed compound has two hearths with cooking equipment placed around. Several low stools and a wooden chair sit among metal pots, calabashes (gourds) and other kitchen items. A mortar and a basket sit to the right. A stack of dried blocks (right, rear) suggests that an addition to the compound is planned. More blocks are stored inside the open room whose wooden door has been removed. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Metal pots; Baskets
Subjects Facet:: Dwellings--Maintenance and repair; Thatched roofs; Mortars & pestles; Hearths; Gourd, Calabash; Courtyards; Bricks; Chairs; Housing; Stools
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;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

49. Standalone house, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: While many houses take the form of compounds, people may build stand-alone structures that might later be added on to, creating an enclosed courtyard. Here, one side of the building is wattle-and-daub construction, the other side made by an atakpame (coursed earth) technique and later plastered. The wattle-and-daub technique allows walls to be built quickly, the frame ("wattle") allowing the daub to be placed without the need to let lower levels of the wall dry before adding upper levels. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Atakpame
Subjects Facet:: Plastering; Thatched roofs; Wattle and daub; Building, Clay; Housing
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;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

50. Wattle-and-daub house, Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: Unlike atakpame (coursed earth technique of building), wattle-and-daub structures can be built quickly. The structure has a frame of horizontal and vertical poles, into which molded earthen balls are pressed to create walls. Whereas atakpame must be allowed to dry thoroughly before the next course is added, the "wattle" framing allows the "daub" to be placed and the walls completed without waiting for lower levels to dry. Ahenkro, December, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Atakpame
Subjects Facet:: Thatched roofs; Wattle and daub; Building, Clay; Housing
Identifier:: 8
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-12
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

51. Houses on Wewa's main street, 1982

Description:: Houses along the main street of Wewa. Doorways lead to interior courtyards of these compounds. Walls are made primarily using an atakpame (coursed earth) technique, though the pillared verandah wall (far right) was made with sun-dried bricks. Part of the roof of the near compound has recently been re-thatched. The streets and houses are kept clear of grass and other plants. Wewa, December, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Wewa
Subjects:: Atakpame
Subjects Facet:: Dwellings--Maintenance and repair; Thatched roofs; Building, Clay; Atakpame; Streets; Bricks; Housing; Courtyard houses
Identifier:: 12
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-12
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Wewa;8.075993, -2.398928
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.075993, -2.398928

52. Placing Atakpame balls, Dompofie, 1982

Description:: A skilled builder (Akwasi Nyua Tonyaa) places atakpame balls on the previously laid and dried course of earthen wall. He carefully molds the moist earthen ball to the dry course to ensure a strong wall. Dompofie, September, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16762 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17172
Location(s) Facet:: Dompofie
Subjects:: Techniques; Atakpame
Subjects Facet:: Building, Clay; Housing
Identifier:: 33
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-09
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Dompofie;8.148574, -2.367172
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.148574, -2.367172

53. Exterior house wall, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: The exterior wall of a compound built with sun-dried bricks. The varying sizes of the bricks suggest that rooms may have been added at different times. An entrance to the compound midway along the wall has been filled in with smaller blocks or atakpame. Goats find shelter from the heat of the day beneath the roof's thatched overhang. Ahenkro, August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Atakpame
Subjects Facet:: Goats; Thatched roofs; Villages; Exterior walls; Bricks; Housing
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-08
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

54. House courtyard, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: The courtyard of a long-established compound in Ahenkro. The main room has a columned verandah and its walls are plastered. A metal roof covers it and the courtyard entrance. A hearth occupies the central courtyard. Two metal water barrels (right and left), headpans and a bucket speak to the daily activity of fetching water. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Metal pots; Headpans; Water barrels
Subjects Facet:: Plastering; Building; Metal roofing; Courtyards; Water; Housing; Hearths
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;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

55. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

56. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14816667, -2.36777778

57. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

58. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

59. Plastering a porch, Makala, 1990

Description:: A woman applies a fresh coat of plaster to the porch of her thatch-roofed house. The house's walls are made of atakpame (coursed earth). The plaster is an aesthetic finish that also protects the surfaces of the house. Makala, June-July, 1990
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Makala
Subjects:: Atakpame; Women's work
Subjects Facet:: Dwellings--Maintenance and repair; Thatched roofs; Building, Clay
Identifier:: 30
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Date searchable:: 1990-06/07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Makala;8.142462, -2.381817
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142462, -2.381817

60. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

61. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

62. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

63. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

64. 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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.167263, -2.366883

65. Hunters, Fawoman, 1982

Description:: Hunters (bͻfͻ; pl. bͻfͻͻlͻ in Nafaanra) with firearms, Fawoman, August, 1982. In times past, "bush" meat was important to local life. Archaeological evidence shows that people relied on a wide range of wild animals--from grasscutters to large carnivores--as sources of meat and valued materials like skins. From 1971 hunting was banned within the newly established Bui National Park (a Wildlife Protected Area covering more than 1800 km2). From 1989, Ghana's Wildlife Conservation (Amendment) Regulations (L. I. 1452) banned unlicensed hunting outside of park lands. Oral histories describe hunters as individuals whose knowledge of the land was important to communities as they sought to establish settlements in new areas. Fawoman, September, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Fawoman
Subjects:: Bush meat
Subjects Facet:: Firearms; Hunters
Identifier:: 19
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-09
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Fawoman;8.120434, -2.240526
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.120434, -2.240526

66. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164809, -2.367473

67. Tobacco drying barns, south side of Ahenkro, 1994

Description:: By 1994, many Banda farmers had gone into tobacco farming. Money was advanced to farmers by tobacco companies to purchase the cement and iron sheets needed to build drying barns. The buyers also advanced commercial fertilizer needed to grow the cash crop. A tractor supplied by the company was used to prepare fields for the seedlings and to transport firewood from surrounding areas to the barns. Large amounts of wood were used to stoke fires in the drying barns. South side of Ahenkro, June-July, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Drying barns; Fertilizer; Wood piles
Subjects Facet:: Tobacco; Cash crops; Firewood
Identifier:: 5
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994
Date searchable:: 1994-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163383, -2.357502
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163383, -2.357502

68. Woman carries harvested tobacco leaves from farm, 1986

Description:: A woman carries harvested tobacco leaves from farm to the area where the leaves will be tied for drying. Behind her, a ladder rests against the wall of a cement block metal-roofed tobacco drying barn. Tobacco was grown as a cash crop in the Banda area from the early 1980s into the early 2000s. Farmers received materials like bags of cement and roofing sheets to build drying barns as advances on their crop. South side of Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Headloading; Drying barns; Women's work
Subjects Facet:: Building; Tobacco; Metal roofing; Cash crops; Lifting and carrying
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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163264, -2.356141

69. Piled wood used to fuel tobacco drying barns, Ahenkro, 1990

Description:: Tobacco was grown as a cash crop in the Banda area during the 1980s and 1990s. Pictured here are wood piles and tobacco barns on the south side of Ahenkro. The wood was collected and brought to town using a tractor. The high demand for wood by tobacco farmers to fuel the drying barns created tensions with women who relied on wood collected from farms to fuel their cooking fires. Ahenkro, June-July, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Wood piles; Drying barns
Subjects Facet:: Tobacco; Cash crops; Firewood
Identifier:: 2
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Date searchable:: 1990-06/07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163264, -2.356141
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163264, -2.356141

70. Drying barn for processing tobacco, Ahenkro, 1990

Description:: Drying barns on the south side of Banda-Ahenkro used to dry and cure tobacco. Wood used to fuel the fires in the barns is stacked in piles between the barns and was brought in from surrounding farmland by tractor. The high demand for wood by tobacco farmers created tensions with women who relied on wood collected from farms to fuel their cooking fires. Ahenkro, June-July, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Drying barns; Ahenkro; Wood piles
Subjects Facet:: Tobacco; Cash crops; Firewood
Identifier:: 3
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Date searchable:: 1990-06/07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163264, -2.356141
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163264, -2.356141

71. Women pounding yam fufu, New Yam Festival, Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: The New Yam Festival (Finjie Lie in Nafaanra) marks the day when people can begin to eat the new crop of yams (finyjie in Nafaanra). Here women gather round a wooden mortar to pound cooked yam tubers to make fufu. Women pound with heavy, round-ended pestles. Working together, they use their pestles to pound and turn the fufu. Pestles hit the mortar's edge as they pound, creating a rhythmic accompaniment to their work. The musical sound of women and their helpers pounding fufu or grain was an integral part of the soundscape of village life in the earlier times. To the rear (right) calabashes (gourds, chrԑ in Nafaanra) wrapped in netting are ready to be sent to market. To the front sits a pottery grinding bowl (left), a calabash (center) and metal cooking pots (right). Ahenkro, 30 August, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17147 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17149
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Techniques; New Yam Festival; Fufu; Finyjie Lie (Festival); Women's work; Pounding; Metal pots
Subjects Facet:: Yams; Food preparation; Food processing; Mortars & pestles; Gourd, Calabash; Markets; Pottery
Identifier:: 4
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-08-30
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

72. Carrying firewood from farm, Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: Yaa Yable Wo carries firewood on her return from farm. Until recent years, meals were most often prepared over hearths fueled by firewood. Women and children collected downed tree limbs and other dry wood from farmlands surrounding the villages. Wood was headloaded back home and stacked on platforms raised above the ground to be stored until needed. Cooking over charcoal in fabricated metal coalpots became more common in the late 20th-early 21st century as charcoal burners moved into the Banda area and charcoal production increased. Recently, gas cookers have begun to be used by people able to afford industrial cookers and the bottled gas need to fuel them. Ahenkro, December, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Headloading; Women's work
Subjects Facet:: Hearths; Cooking; Lifting and carrying; Firewood
Identifier:: 15
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-12
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

73. Women preparing food, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Women in the central courtyard of a house compound in Ahenkro prepare the evening meal. A woman seated in the foreground readies dishes while women in the background cook over clustered hearths. A number of low stools are placed amidst a variety of metal, plastic and fired clay containers including buckets and pots. Calabash bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra) are among the containers being used. A repurposed metal drum (center, back) holds water for household purposes. A raised platform is stacked with firewood brought by the women from farm and stored until needed. Thatch- and metal-roofed rooms surround the courtyard. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Metal pots; Plastic containers; Water barrels; Women's work
Subjects Facet:: Food preparation; Thatched roofs; Mortars & pestles; Metal roofing; Gourd, Calabash; Courtyards; Firewood; Hearths
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;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

74. Preparing yam fufu, New Yam Festival, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Adjua Anane (seated left) and Akosua, her young relative, prepare fufu by pounding cooked yams in a wooden mortar. Sister Yaa Yable Wo looks on. In the foreground is a metal grinding bowl styled after the locally made pottery grinding bowls that are found at archaeological sites dating back to the 1800s and earlier. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17147
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Metal pots; Fufu; Children's work; Women's work; Pounding
Subjects Facet:: Yams; Food preparation; Food processing; Mortars & pestles
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;8.163178, -2.356290
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163178, -2.356290

75. 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:: 35 mm slide
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

76. Pounding calabash seeds (fnumu), Ahenkro, 1986

Description:: Young boys (Kofi and Isaac, sons of James Anane) pound calabash seeds in preparation for making calabash seed soup (fnumu chiin in Nafaanra). They use a deep wooden mortar and pestles rounded at the base. A metal roof shelters the hearth in the background. A chicken searches for food as the boys work. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Fnumu; Children's work; Pounding
Subjects Facet:: Lagenaria siceraria; Food processing; Mortars & pestles; Hearths; Gourd, Calabash; Chickens
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;8.163178, -2.356290
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163178, -2.356290

77. Women preparing food, Dorbour, 1994

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

78. Hearths in Dorbour, 1994

Description:: Hearths in a Dorbour household. One of three visible hearths is in use, a metal cooking pot suspended over a fire fueled by firewood. A wooden mortar and several pestles are at ready in the background. In the foreground (right) a clay cooking pot rests on top of a metal basin that has been re-purposed as a pot stand. A large metal pot, a calabash bowl (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra) and a plastic cup sit behind the clay pot. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Metal pots; Plastic containers
Subjects Facet:: Food preparation; Mortars & pestles; Hearths; Gourd, Calabash; Pottery; Firewood
Identifier:: 19
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

79. Pottery hearth, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: A courtyard hearth in a Dorbour household. The hearth "stones" are clay pots turned upside down and embedded in the ground. A pottery cooking jar rests on the hearth, the firewood pulled away from the hearth while it is not in use. A metal cooking pot and headpan have caught the interest of a foraging goat. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Metal pots; Headpans
Subjects Facet:: Goats; Food preparation; Hearths; Courtyards; Pottery; Firewood
Identifier:: 16
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

80. Mid-way between Ahenkro and Bongase, view to the south, 1982

Description:: View to the south on the road from Bongase to Ahenkro, with the Banda hills as a backdrop to fallow farmland on the right. Banda, August, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16817
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Roads; Mountains; Agricultural lands; Landscapes
Identifier:: 27
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;8.215828, -2.317950
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.215828, -2.317950

81. Pounding cassava, Ahenkro, 1995

Description:: Magdalene Attah uses a small wooden mortar and pestle to process cassava flour while two goats forage in the background. The large wood pile to the rear (left) is associated with the tobacco drying barns that line the south edge of Ahenkro. Ahenkro, May, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Techniques; Pounding
Subjects Facet:: Goats; Food preparation; Food processing; Mortars & pestles; Cassava; Firewood
Identifier:: 5
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):: Ahenkro;8.163219, -2.356356
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163219, -2.356356

82. Road leading north from Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: People head to farm on the road leading northward from Ahenkro, August, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16811 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16813
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Roads; Mountains; Landscapes
Identifier:: 35
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):: Ahenkro;8.170145, -2.352663
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.170145, -2.352663

83. Road leading to Bui Village, 1994

Description:: The road to Bui Village was a rough track that ran west and north out of Bui Camp, headquarters of the Bui National Park. Bui Village is visible in the foreground of the mountain. The mountain lies to the north of the Black Volta River and formed part of the ridge used to construct the Bui Dam. The people of Bui Village were relocated beginning in 2010 and their former home flooded as Bui lake formed behind Bui Dam after 2013.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17166
Location(s) Facet:: Bui
Subjects:: Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Roads; Villages; Mountains
Identifier:: 27
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):: Bui;8.265169, -2.277448
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.265169, -2.277448

84. Road leading to Kabruno from Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: A woman carries a load of calabashes (chrԑ in Nafaanra) en route to Kabruno from Ahenkro during the dry season. View looking south from the south edge of Ahenkro on the old road that led directly into Kabruno. December, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16822 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16806
Location(s) Facet:: Kabruno
Subjects:: Headloading; Dry season
Subjects Facet:: Lagenaria siceraria; Roads; Gourd, Calabash; Cash crops; Lifting and carrying
Identifier:: 1
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-12
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Kabruno;8.162890, -2.356993
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.162890, -2.356993

85. Approaching Ahenkro from the south, 1994

Description:: A new road (the "4th Republic Road") connecting Kanka directly to Ahenkro and bypassing Kabruno was built in about 1993. The newly grated road is seen here from the north side of Kanka, looking northward toward Ahenkro, visible in the distance. June, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16822 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16804
Location(s) Facet:: Kanka
Subjects Facet:: Roads; Mountains; Landscapes
Identifier:: 9
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994
Date searchable:: 1994-06
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Kanka;8.145431, -2.339167
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.145431, -2.339167

86. Road leading from Kanka to Nyire, 1994.

Description:: By 1994, work on the 4th Republic Road (as it was then known) extended the grated motorable road from Kanka to Nyire. Westward view mid-way between Nyire and Kanka, June, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16819
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Roads; Mountains; Landscapes
Identifier:: 25
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994
Date searchable:: 1994-06
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Banda;8.145431, -2.339167
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.145431, -2.339167

87. Road leading from Kanka to Nyire, 1994

Description:: By 1994, work on the 4th Republic Road (as it was then known) extended the grated motorable road from Kanka to Nyire. View to the west on the approach to Kanka, Banda mountain range visible in the distance. July, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Vegetation; Kanka
Subjects Facet:: Roads; Mountains; Landscapes
Identifier:: 10
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994
Date searchable:: 1994-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Banda;8.140576, -2.330270
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.140576, -2.330270

88. Road leading northward from Ahenkro, 1994

Description:: Newly grated and guttered road leading northward from Ahenkro toward Bongase viewed from the north edge of Ahenkro. The Banda hills are visible in the background. July, 1994
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects Facet:: Roads; Villages; Mountains
Identifier:: 7
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994
Date searchable:: 1994-07
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.168887, -2.353523
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.168887, -2.353523

89. Painting a spindle whorl, Kokua, 1994

Description:: Spindle whorls (gԑndԑ kaan in Nafaanra) are made by Muslim men in Kokua, a village on the Sampa-Asri road. Here a man decorates fired clay whorls, applying bands of colors (white, red, yellow) to their dark surface. He applies the color using a stylus, twisting the whorl to create horizontal bands around the whorl's circumference. In the foreground a finished spindle whorl sits on top of unpainted whorls in a metal pot. A bundle of thin wooden spindles sits at the man's foot, next to a calabash that holds white pigment. Yellow pigment is held by another container, possibly a turtle shell (carapace). Next to it, a red pigment stone (ochre) rests on a heavily worn grinding stone. The beauty of such a painted spindle whorl inspired the Nafaanra proverb "Chlͻ were nyu na gԑndԑ yi" (The woman is as beautiful as the spindle whorl.") Archaeological examples of whorls found on late 18th- and 19th-century sites in the Banda area are often shaped like these from Kokua, but few show signs of paint, perhaps because it has worn off during use. Kokua, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Kokua
Subjects:: Men's work; Decoration; Paint; Grinding stone
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Spindle whorls; Ocher
Identifier:: 16
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):: Kokua;7.852430, -2.646146
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.852430, -2.646146

90. Spindle and spindle whorl, 1982

Description:: A spindle (gԑndԑ in Nafaanra) and a spindle whorl (gԑndԑ kaan in Nafaanra) used to make cotton thread. A black camera lens cap shows scale. For much of the 20th century, spinning was a routine activity for women. Some of the spun cotton thread was dyed blue. The blue thread was woven together with white thread to make durable strip-woven cloths that were highly valued. The rounded spindle whorl is made from fired clay and painted with white and red designs. The spindle whorl's decoration inspired the Nafaanra proverb: "Chlͻ were nyu na gԑndԑ yi" (The woman is as beautiful as the spindle whorl." Archaeologists have found spindle whorls on Banda-area archaeological sites dating to the late 18th and early 19th century. Before that time it seems that spinning cotton was not a routine household activity and that cloth was made in market centers. The spindle whorl is laying on a courtyard floor, with an eroding plaster layer visible in the background. Gbao, September, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16831 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17202
Location(s) Facet:: Gbao
Subjects:: Cotton thread
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Spindle whorls; West African strip weaving; Spinning
Identifier:: 28
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-09
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Gbao;8.147021, -2.362744
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.147021, -2.362744

91. Burned bone used in spinning, Gbao, 1982

Description:: A plastic bowl holds pieces of animal bone that have been burned at a high temperature (calcined). Calcined bone turns white and its texture becomes chalky. Women periodically rub this bone chalk on their fingers to aid handling of the cotton as they spin to make cotton thread from raw fiber. Also in the bowl is a round clay spindle whorl (gԑndԑ kaan in Nafaanra) painted with white lines and a daub of white-and black cloth. Gbao, September, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17202 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16830
Location(s) Facet:: Gbao
Subjects:: Burned bone; Plastic container
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Spindle whorls; Spinning
Identifier:: 29
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-09
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Gbao;8.147021, -2.362744
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.147021, -2.362744

92. Clay grinding bowls drying, Bondakile, 1982

Description:: A toddler girl wearing a protective strand of beads sits beside finished clay grinding bowls that have been set aside to continue drying before firing. The scoring on the interior of the bowl provides a rough surface against which cooked vegetables can be ground into a paste before being added to a soup. These bowls may also serve as men's eating bowls (pԑԑ in Nafaanra). Bondakile, October, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Bondakile
Subjects:: Grinding bowls; Potting; Drying
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery; Beads
Identifier:: 12
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-10
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Bondakile;7.986031, -2.546331
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

93. Making a woven tray, Dompofie, 1995

Description:: A man in Dompofie makes a basketry tray (gbrewa in Nafaanra). He uses a (metal?) tube as a frame. First the warp slats are placed at intervals on the frame. Then the weft slats are interwoven with the weft, starting from the center and working outward to the edges. Trays like this could be used in crop processing or for temporarily storing foodstuffs. A finished, well-worn basketry tray is visible, upper left, leaning against a pole. Dompofie, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dompofie
Subjects:: Men's work; Trays
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Basket making
Identifier:: 5
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 1995
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Dompofie;8.148574, -2.367172
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.148574, -2.367172

94. Partially formed clay jars drying, Bondakile, 1982

Description:: These partially formed clay jars (chͻ in Nafaanra) are drying, resting on the palette (kpankpa in Nafaanra) on which they were formed. Once dried to a leather-hard state, the potter removes them from the plate and, using fresh moist clay, adds a rounded base to the jar. To the left, a metal cooking vessel rests nearby. Bondakile, October, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Bondakile
Subjects:: Metal pots; Potting; Drying; Jars
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery
Identifier:: 10
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-10
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Bondakile;7.986031, -2.546331
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

95. Potting clay source, Bondakile, 1982

Description:: Surface next to the deep clay pit where potters form Bondakile mine the clay they use for making pottery. Piles of excavated clay surround the pit. Bondakile, October, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17214
Location(s) Facet:: Bondakile
Subjects:: Potting
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Clay mining
Identifier:: 18
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-10
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Bondakile;7.986031, -2.546331
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

96. Fired and finished clay jars, Bondakile, 1982

Description:: A group of four clay jars cool after being removed from the bonfire and dipped in bark solution. The solution carbonizes as it comes in contact with the hot surface of the pot, creating a glossy darkened surface that reduces the jar's porosity. A portion of one jar's rim has broken off during the firing and finishing process. Visible on the lower pot surfaces is the maize cob (bledjukaan in Nafaanra) roulette applied to create a roughened surface prior to firing. Shallow grooves used to decorate the upper surfaces are visible on the jar in the foreground. Pieces of bark from the bark solution adhere to the jars' surfaces. Bondakile, October, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Bondakile
Subjects:: Potting; Maize cob roulette; Decoration
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery; Firing (Ceramics)
Identifier:: 25
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-10
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Bondakile;7.986031, -2.546331
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

97. Clay jars stacked on firewood, awaiting firing, Bondakile, 1982

Description:: Dried clay jars are carefully placed on top of firewood in preparation for firing. Their surfaces have been textured by rolling a maize cob (bledjukaan in Nafaanra) over the jars' lower surface (maize cob roulette) and decorated with shallow arched grooves made when the pot was in a leather-hard state. Additional fuel will be placed on top of the stacked pottery before the fire is lit. After the fire has burned down the pots will be removed and finished by being dipped while hot in a bark solution. Bondakile, October, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Bondakile
Subjects:: Potting; Bonfire; Maize cob roulette; Decoration
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery; Firing (Ceramics); Firewood
Identifier:: 37
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-10
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Bondakile;7.986031, -2.546331
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

98. Clay jars stacked on firewood, awaiting firing, Bondakile, 1982

Description:: Finished and dried clay pottery jars are carefully placed on top of firewood in preparation for firing. Previously fired broken or flawed pots are used to bank the fuel, keeping it in place. Additional fuel will be placed on top of the stacked pottery and the fuel set on fire. The resulting bonfire will be allowed to burn down, after which the pots will be removed and finished while hot by being dipped in a bark solution. Mensah Listowell, Research Assistant (blue shirt), stands by as the potters prepare to place more fuel on the stacked pottery. Bondakile, October, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Bondakile
Subjects:: Women's work; Potting; Bonfire; Jars
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery; Firing (Ceramics); Firewood
Identifier:: 36
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-10
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Bondakile;7.986031, -2.546331
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

99. Clay grinding bowls drying, Bondakile, 1982

Description:: Unfinished clay grinding bowls dry on the palettes (kpankpa in Nafaanra) on which they were formed. After they have dried to a leather-hard state, the potter will remove them from their palettes and score their interiors. The scoring creates a grinding surface used to process vegetables which are added to soups. These bowls may also serve as men's eating bowls (pԑԑ in Nafaanra). Immediately behind the drying bowls is a hearth, swept clean of ashes. Pottery jars can be seen drying in background, right. A chicken forages nearby. Bondakile, October, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Bondakile
Subjects:: Grinding bowls; Potting; Drying
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Hearths; Pottery; Chickens
Identifier:: 11
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-10
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Bondakile;7.986031, -2.546331
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

100. Bark solution used to finish clay pots, Bondakile, 1982

Description:: Potters place the pounded bark of specific trees (surom, layene, koko or lakroas they are known in Nafaanra) in water to create a solution used to finish pots. The red-colored solution carbonizes on the surface of hot pots just removed from the bonfire. Here, the prepared solution awaits as the pots are being fired. A plastic container floats on the surface. Bondakile, October, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17219
Location(s) Facet:: Bondakile
Subjects:: Potting; Plastic containers; Finishing; Jars
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery; Firing (Ceramics)
Identifier:: 20
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-10
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Bondakile;7.986031, -2.546331
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

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