Nafana women's songs and dances: Manaa Ndiom & Guenyi, Ahenkro, 2019

This Banda Heritage video showcases women's songs and dances associated with puberty and funeral practices among Nafana people in the Banda area of west central Ghana. Many of these songs and dances are falling out of practice with the passage of time. Filmed at Queen Mother (Ohemaa) Lelɛɛ Akosua Kepefu’s compound, a group of Nafana women sing and dance accompanied by calabash drums and calabash rattles as young people look on and young girls are encouraged to take part. Elder women in the group also showcase how to spin cotton thread using a spindle whorl. Libations are poured at the event's closing. Ahenkro, 14 June, 2019. Length: 16.58 minutes.

Creator

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors

• Synda Mensah
• Enoch Mensah

Subject

• Spindle whorls
• Spinning
• Funeral customs and rites
• Songs
• Nafana (African people)
• Puberty rites
• Rites and ceremonies
• Dance

Publisher

• University of Victoria Libraries

Language

• Nafaanra

Keyword

• Cotton thread

Date created

• 2019-06-14

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Geographic coverage

• Ahenkro

Coordinates

• 8.163976, -2.356713

Provider

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Genre

• Digital video

Technical note

• 640 X 480 video resolution

Year

• 2019

Permalink

• https://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/33f3d88d-42d6-4da6-89b9-1c02bea9ffe9