Making rhythm with wooden mallets while processing vine into rope

As they sit on low stools behind a long log, beating dried twisted vine (adzɔ) to make rope (adzɔ ƒoƒo), Ewe fishermen Maxwell Gbadago (left) and Dzobo Sebastian (right) demonstrate how they create rhythm using a wooden mallet (ɛka ƒoƒo) as they work. A blue fishing net lies folded on the ground behind them. Akanyakrom, Banda District, Ghana.