Photos taken by Afia Walking Tree, copyright 2005

Photos taken in Roume and Bagatie Villages in Guinea and Kwahu Tafo and Akwamufie Villages in Ghana, West Africa; January to April 2005.

Drumming Hands Fore Fote Compound, Roume Guinea Yamoussa Soumah, Master Dance Griot & Instructor Gongoma Girl with Bote drum Balaphone, Krin, and Shakers Jam Da Village Boyz Jam Afia's Newly Made Drumz Lamine Bangoura, Master Drum and Dance Grior and Instructor Women Master Drummers, Bagatie, Guinea Nana Brakatu Brempong III(Chief) of Kwahu Tafo (M) Nana Afua (R); Nana Adjoa (L) Drummin' Hands Ma Yeni Bangoura (ancestor of Sojourner Truth), Bagatie, Guinea Mawa cooking down rice kernels DCAM0054 Solo Drum Jam Children of Bagatie Afia and drum friends Afia and Ma Yeni Small Child at ocean side Hauling Water Hauling Water Sacred Girls Rites Mama and child Drummin' on the edge of the ocean Drummin' and Dancin' inside a fort at Roume, Guinea Outside the fort, now the village community center Girls dancing at Dundunbah Ocean Play 1, Roume Ocean Play 2 Afia resting in the sun, Roume Afia rejuvenated Drummers at dance class Dancers practice for Yankadi Dancers Practice Dancers in costume Dancers in costume Drummers in costume Yankadi dance Drummers Pose Dancers Pose Buruku Mountains, named after Nana Buruku Ma Ajuba; Kwahu Tafo, Ghana Kwahu Tafo sacred ancestral site Kwahu Tafo sacred ancestral site The Cave at Kwahu Tafo The Cave at Kwahu Tafo The Cave at Kwahu Tafo Villegers dance under the luscious waters at a fete Nana Buruku Mountains Afia in newly gifted bouba, Ghana Afia with Nana Brakatu Brempong