Setting an animal trap.
Weeding a maize and groundnut farm.
Rice is a very water-intensive crop so it can be difficult to grow in some areas.
Adisa roasting gari. It goes from the pot in her lap to being mixed around in the “wok” on the fire and then into the pan on the ground.
Providing some good entertainment for Adisa as I sift the gari for her to roast.
Some termites have made good use of the abandonded cashew compound. These giant termite mounds are quite a common site around the region.
Okusu, a fishing village on Volta Lake.
A fishing trap waiting to be used. Fish swim in through the little hole and get “gently poked” if they try to swim out.
A few goats roaming about Okusu.
Some fishermen in a... very safe canoe ;)
These fields should all be underwater.
When the water level rises, these teak trees pose a great danger as they lurk just under the surface waiting for a brittle canoe.
Hitching a ride back to Kafaba. Looking at the water seeping into the canoe, I was quite relieved we were seconds away from getting on our feet.
An old 35-acre cashew farm, abandonded apparently because the cashews were all being eaten by animals and the farmers weren't making enough.
Five (!) women pounding maize.
Everyone getting a good laugh as I give it a go. The pounder (is that the mortar or the pestle?) was taken away from me not long after I started...
Boga, my landlord in Kafaba and one of the main elders in the community.
More maize pounding.
The pounded maize gets rinsed off. The maize-water is used to make porridge and the pounded maize is used in porridge, TZ, and other assorted goodies.
