Adiyaw:

This village is located right on the road that goes from Cape Coast to Kakum National Refuge. If villages have personalities, this one sure has 110 percent. People welcomed us and danced quite enthusiastically.



Village women are dancing with vegetables on their heads that they are giving to us in exchange for the boots, machetes, and t-shirts that we brought. Click on the picture to see and hear a Quicktime video of the dance.



This is the Gari shredder, powered by a small gasoline motor. A hardwood cylinder with embedded nails is used to shred cassava that is packed into a bag and then pressed (see pictures in Mmaniaye). Left: a new cylinder is being prepared. Small brads get their tops clipped, then are driven into the cylinder. Middle: the box at the left is fed peeled cassava. The gas tank is being attached. Right: once the gari has been shredded, it is packed into bags that are allowed to ferment, then pressed. The gari is then roasted in shallow pans over a fire until it is thoroughly dry. It can be steamed to make a type of "bread" that is eaten with grilled meats or served with a sauce.



Pictures of children. Left, boy with bucket. Middle, pretty girl. And right, Stan Thompson makes faces at the children.



Donations ceremony. Left, donating t-shirts. Middle, donating machetes. The machete is the most important tool of a cocoa farmer. It is used to cut meat and vegetables for dinner, weed cocoa groves, harvest cocoa, etc. Right, the mayor plays pied piper to a fine drumming performance. Click once on the picture to see a Quicktime movie.



Having Fun. Left, boys with glasses made of a can split in half or a piece of bamboo. Middle, basket serves as snare drum. Right, little girl relaxing on a "sofa".