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Passing earthen balls used in building a coursed earth atakpame wall

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posted on 2025-12-05, 16:42 authored by Patrick Mensah
EMKP researcher Zonke Guddah tosses a pre-formed earth ball to builder Kwaku Nsuah in a chain that supplies the master builder as he raises the coursed earth atakpame walls of a structure being built at the Banda Cultural Centre. Jerry cans used to transport water to the building site sit along the wall of the Cultural Centre. Banda-Ahenkro, Banda District, Ghana.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Rights owner

Ann Brower Stahl

Cultural group

Nafana

Participants

Zonke Dedei Guddah, Kwaku Nsuah

Country

Ghana

Place

Banda-Ahenkro, Banda District, Bono Region

Materials

Soil, Daub

Cultural context/event

Building

Location

Workshop

Date of creation

2023-01-27

Unique ID

2020LG05-SA06-0529