Paramount chief and elders, New Yam Festival, Ahenkro, 1986

Elders gathered at the Ahenkro palace on the day of the New Yam Festival (Finyjie Lie in Nafaanra). Seated, front row, third from left, Kwabena Dibi. Sixth from left, Kofi Gyasi (Gyasehene); Tolԑԑ Kofi Dwuru III (Omanhene); Kupo Aboateaa (Bamuhene). Seated, far right on chair, Yaw Fori (Swordbearer). Ahenkro, 28 July, 1986.

Creator

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Subject

• Rites and ceremonies

Publisher

• University of Victoria Libraries

Keyword

• Elders
• New Yam Festival
• Palace

Date created

• 1986-07-28

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Geographic coverage

• Ahenkro

Coordinates

• 8.164906, -2.355708

Provider

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Genre

• 35 mm slide

Date digitized

• 2016

Technical note

• Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Year

• 1986

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