Nyangbo
Esroe which lies on top of the mountain is the first place the Nyagbo settled when they first moved to the place. The chief of Nyagbo Esroe and his spokesperson meets with my research assistants to talk about issues relating to the town and the Nyagbo community as a whole. They welcome us acording to their custom and then go on to tell us about the clans that hold positions in the town.
Kume is the newest of the Nyagbo towns. The elders of the town, led by Bone Kofi talks about the new township and the etymology of Kume
Mr Walter Glover, Mr. Ben Ahundjo and Madam Christina Glover discuss some customary practices among the Nyagbo Odumase people. Most of what they say apply to the other Nyagbo townships with the exception of Nyagbo Emli.
A number of people who are representative of one or the other part of the deceased life (her children, spokesperson, father family and mother family) each pour libation for her safe departure to the land of the ancestors.
Four different people pour libation before the burial of Madam Ama Sena Bansah, the spokesperson of the "queenmother" of the Nyagbo. The first person represents the father's family, the seond person represents the mother's family, the theird person is her son who represents her children. The final person, who is the spokesperson of Sroe represents the whole Nyagbo community.
spinning cotton in Nyagbo is a traditional practice that has disappeared. Dada Ellen is one of the few people who still know how to do it.
Papa Walter watches the wordless picture book Frog Where Are You? by Mayer and narrates the story to Evelyn. He uses the story-telling style of the Nyagbo.
Mr Walter Glover looks through the Mayer's wordless picture book, frog story, and narrates the story to Evelyn. He tells it in the tradition of Nyagbo story-telling.
The Nyagbo have been cultivating rice for ages and have a special tradition regarding its preparation.
Frog story elicitation. Papa Walter is given the picture book "Frog where are you" by Mayer (1969). After going through it, he narrates the event to his grand -niece Evelyn in the form of a story.
spinning cotton in Nyagbo is a traditional practice that has disappeared. Dada Ellen is one of the few people who still know how to do it.