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41. Women playing calabash drums, Boase, 2018
- Description:
- At an event showcasing the songs and dances associated with puberty (Manaa Ndiom) and wedding (Bijam) rites, two Boase women play drums made from hollowed-out calabashes or gourds (chrɛ in Nafaanra). The large lower calabashes are supported by another container (a large tomato paste tin on the left and a plastic bowl on the right). A smaller calabash bowl (chrɛgbɔɔ in Nafaanra) floats upright in water contained within the larger calabash. The women create a rhythm by tapping the calabash ladles held in their right hands on the surface of the floating calabash and the rim of the larger calabash bowl. Women behind the drummers clap in accompaniment to the song. Boase, 11 November, 2018.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17326 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17122 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17353
- Location(s) Facet:
- Boase
- Subjects:
- Manaa Ndiom; Plastic containers; Bijam
- Subjects Facet:
- Drums (musical instrument); Music; Rites and ceremonies; Gourd, Calabash; Puberty rites; Marriage customs and rites
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2018
- Date searchable:
- 2018-11-11
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Boase;8.018356, -2.298013
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.018356, -2.298013
42. A calabash bowl with wedding gifts, Boase, 2018
- Description:
- At a performance showcasing the rituals associated with Nafana wedding rites (Bijam) organized by the chief and female elders of Boase, a weathered calabash or gourd bowl (chrɛgbɔɔ in Nafaanra) holds money (Ghanaian cedis) offered by well-wishers. A calabash lid rests on the ground nearby, its side mended with stitches. Boase, 11 November, 2018.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Boase
- Subjects:
- Cedis; Bijam; Money
- Subjects Facet:
- Rites and ceremonies; Gourd, Calabash; Marriage customs and rites
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2018
- Date searchable:
- 2018-11-11
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Boase;8.018356, -2.298013
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.018356, -2.298013
43. Young men from Kafͻnͻ Katoo view pictures of their house taken in 1986, Ahenkro, 2018
- Description:
- Several young men gather outside of Kafͻnͻ (Kafono) Katoo under the shade of a small thatched shelter. They are looking at a binder of photos that includes pictures of their family house taken in 1986 when its roof was being re-thatched. At that time the house was decorated with a painting of a bicycle, reputed to be the first bicycle in Banda. Ahenkro, 1 September, 2018.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17344 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17347
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Kafono Katoo
- Subjects Facet:
- Photographs; Bicycles; Housing
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2018
- Date searchable:
- 2018-09-01
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.163454, -2.355734
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.163454, -2.355734
44. North bank Ewe fishing village, Bui Dam site, 2008
- Description:
- Sinohydro, a state-owned Chinese hydropower engineering and construction company, began construction on the Bui Hydroelectric Dam in 2008. Here on the north bank of the Black Volta River at the base of the mountain which became the dam site is an Ewe fishing village, Agbegikrom. The village was leveled after its inhabitants were resettled. Two views, one showing a road under construction along the south bank of the Black Volta River at the dam site. Bui Dam site, 28 June, 2008.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17350
- Location(s) Facet:
- Dam Site
- Subjects:
- Savanna woodland; Sinohydro; Vegetation
- Subjects Facet:
- Ewe (African people); Black Volta River; Fishing villages; Roads; Bui Dam (Ghana); Mountains
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2008
- Date searchable:
- 2008-06-28
- Genre:
- ;Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Location(s):
- Dam Site;8.276785, -2.235809
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.276785, -2.235809
45. Hippos on the Black Volta River, upstream from the Bui Dam site, 2009
- Description:
- Bui National Park, a Wildlife Refuge Area established in 1971, was home to one of West Africa's eight hippo populations. More than 300 hippos were counted in the park prior to the construction of the Bui Hydroelectric Dam. Here several hippos cool themselves in the Black Volta River several kilometers upstream from the site where the dam was under construction beginning in 2008. Dense riparian forest lines the south bank of the river. Bui National Park, 12 June, 2009.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Bui National Park; Savanna woodland; Vegetation
- Subjects Facet:
- Hippopotamus; Riparian forests; Black Volta River; Wildlife refuges
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2009
- Date searchable:
- 2009-06-12
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Location(s):
- Banda;8.510697, -2.376876
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.510697, -2.376876
46. Edge of Bui Lake near Bongase, 2016
- Description:
- Standing on the edge of Bui Lake, northwest of Bongase. The lake waters rose behind Bui Dam after 2012, transforming local fishing practices. For generations local Ewe families used the type of canoe pictured here to fish on the Black Volta River. But these can only be used for near-shore fishing on Bui Lake because the lake's unpredictable winds and waves make them unsafe. Trees still stand in shallow waters along the lake's edge. Three photos. Bui Lake, near Bongase, 18 June, 2016.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Bongase
- Subjects:
- Bui Lake; Vegetation
- Subjects Facet:
- Landscapes; Ewe (African people); Canoes; Mountains
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2016
- Date searchable:
- 2016-06-18 & 2016-06-20
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Location(s):
- Bongase;8.251697, -2.287305
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.251697, -2.287305
47. Ewe guides paddle tourists up river from Akanyakrom, 2009
- Description:
- Young Ewe fishermen from Akanyakrom paddle a group of tourists visiting Bui National Park upriver to see the park's resident hippo population. Thick riparian forest lines the banks of the Black Volta River. Akanyakrom and these upstream areas were flooded by Bui Lake as water levels rose behind Bui Dam after 2012. Hippos were driven upstream by flooding and locally made canoes could no longer be used to ferry tourists because of the lake's winds and waves. Upstream of Akanyakrom, 12 June, 2009.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Akanyakrom
- Subjects:
- Bui Lake; Bui National Park
- Subjects Facet:
- Bui Dam (Ghana); Hippopotamus; Canoes; Riparian forests; Black Volta River; Ewe (African people); Tourism
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2009
- Date searchable:
- 2009-06-12
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Location(s):
- Akanyakrom;8.309371, -2.293340
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.309371, -2.293340
48. Riparian forest along the Black Volta River, upstream of Akanyakrom, 2009
- Description:
- Dense riparian forest lines the southern bank of the Black Volta River upstream of Akanyakrom in Bui National Park. This forest provided habitat for rare monkey species and other animals and birds. Areas like these were flooded by Bui Lake as water levels rose behind Bui Dam after 2012. Upstream of Akanyakrom, 12 June, 2009.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Akanyakrom
- Subjects:
- Bui Lake; Bui National Park
- Subjects Facet:
- Landscapes; Animals; Riparian forests; Black Volta River
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2009
- Date searchable:
- 2009-06-12
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Location(s):
- Akanyakrom;8.309371, -2.293340
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.309371, -2.293340
49. Banda-Ahenkro viewed from the hills, 2009
- Description:
- The town of Ahenkro as seen from the Banda hills, view to the southeast. The first of the town's cellular phone towers is visible on the south side of town. The eastern range of Banda hills is visible in the distance. At the photo's bottom left, the angular edges of a tractor-plowed field are visible. Clear-cut fields like these were first established when Banda area farmers took up commercial tobacco farming during the 1980s and 1990s. Since tobacco farming was banned by the Banda Traditional Council in the early 2000s, these fields have been put to other types of cash cropping. Banda, June, 2009.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16756 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16786 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16754 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16955 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16755
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Cell phone towers
- Subjects Facet:
- Landscapes; Villages; Mountains; Cash crops; Agricultural lands
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2009
- Date searchable:
- 2009-06-28
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.183027, -2.364581
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.183027, -2.364581
50. Canoe on the Black Volta River, Akanyakrom, 2009
- Description:
- An Ewe fisherman from Akayakrom works part time as a guide for tourists visiting Bui National Park. Here he readies a boat to take a group up river to view the park's resident hippo population. Akanyakrom was among the villages flooded by Bui Lake as water levels rose behind Bui Dam after 2012. Hippos were driven upstream by flooding and locally made canoes could no longer be used to ferry tourists because of the lake's winds and waves. Akanyakrom, 12 June, 2009.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Akanyakrom
- Subjects:
- Bui Lake; Bui National Park
- Subjects Facet:
- Bui Dam (Ghana); Hippopotamus; Canoes; Riparian forests; Black Volta River; Ewe (African people); Tourism
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2009
- Date searchable:
- 2009-06-12
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Location(s):
- Akanyakrom;8.289000, -2.277000
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.289000, -2.277000