Banda Storytellers, Ahenkro, 2019

Four storytellers from Banda-Ahenkro met with visitors from the University of Ghana, Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, and the University of Victoria, BC, Canada during a local heritage community workshop. The video opens with introductions, during which the storytellers describe how they learned storytelling. The storytellers take turns telling stories inclusing: how Nafana women came to vary in size; why you should not stay away from home for long; how the city came to have so many people; how Anansi outwitted Viper; why squirrels dig on the road; why guinea fowls live in town and partridges do not; why you should not judge an animal by its size; why character outweighs beauty; why you should choose friends wisely; and how Anansi chose a spouse for his daughter. Each story is told in Nafaanra, after which Enoch Mensah provides a synopsis in English. A short conversation about storytelling follows. Ahenkro, 25 June, 2019. Length: 01:04:48.

Creator

• Ann B. Stahl

Contributors

• Sarah Afia Krah
• Alhasa Watara
• Idisa Yaya
• Akosua Mattah

Subject

• Heritage

Publisher

• University of Victoria Libraries

Language

• English
• Nafaanra

Keyword

• Anansi
• Performance

Date created

• 2019-06-25

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Geographic coverage

• Ahenkro

Coordinates

• 8.166006, -2.354521

Provider

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Genre

• Digital video

Technical note

• Film produced using Adobe Premiere Pro 2021

Year

• 2019

Permalink

• https://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/28cd31ae-dd64-47ac-9caf-5601ef741676