Latest videos

Home
Articles

Ghana - Bolga Baskets Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi 44 Views • 5 years ago

Thank you very much for watching! If you enjoyed this video then please share this video and subscribe to our Youtube channel.
Please visit our website at http://www.BasketsofAfrica.com to shop for yourself or for gifts.

These genuine Bolga baskets are exclusively woven by the indigenous Gurune people (also known as Frafra) around the town of Bolgatanga in Northern Ghana.
Bolga is the crafts center of Northern Ghana. For many generations, weaving has been a traditional skill of the people there. The soil around Bolgatanga is not fertile enough for extensive agricultural activities. As a result, handicraft activities such as basket weaving, leather work, and pottery are undertaken mostly by women to supplement their incomes since they are primarily subsistence farmers.
The creation of these Bolga baskets is a complex process that captures the exquisite skill of the weavers.

First, veta vera straw, known locally as kinkahe, is collected from the tops of the grass stalks, then each piece is split in half vertically.
Once the straw is split, it is then twisted back together to give it strength.
At this point the straw is put in bunches and dyed in boiling water. For bright colors the straw is dyed yellow first, then the color.
After coloring, the weaver carefully selects appropriate straw for the base, sides and handle. The selection of the proper grass for various parts of the basket is critical to good weaving.
Weaving starts at the base and works up to the rim. The rims are generally finished flat, or wrapped with straw to form a rounded edge.
Once the rims are finished, the handle will be created, attached, and customized. Handles are made with a sturdy wrapping technique around a grass core.
Hundreds of remaining bits of straw that are sticking out of the basket are carefully trimmed off.
Leather handles are skillfully applied by local leather workers.
A medium basket takes about 3 days to complete. Some shapes and patterns are more difficult to weave and take longer.

Elephant Grass : Cheap Food For Goats & Sheep - Gambia | 27 June 2021 Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi 74 Views • 5 years ago

Join me on this journey rearing animals, Rabbits, Goats, Pigeons, and Poultry to 500 each in The Gambia. This is to motivate you all to start and grow your business.
You can find the animal husbandry playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playli....st?list=PLADpcHNa29j

Visit our website for more educational content:
www.nicegambia.com
Donate to the channel and help us bring you more educational content:
Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Arbadjie

Check out my brothers' channel:
EBtech01 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/01paps/
Lucky Tour Guide Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channe....l/UCeu0xD-sJU135lZ37

Farming in Ghana - Baling with less Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi 51 Views • 5 years ago

Here is the step by step video of our baling process, a process that any farmer can bring on with few local materials and usual manpower!

Step 1- Prepare the ropes in the right position in our wooden box ;
Step 2- Filling the wooden box with our hay and step on it to press it well;
Step 3- Tightening the ropes edges as we are "packing" the bale;
Step 4- Pull out of the box our well tighten bale and store it!

With this method, our bales of brachiaria grass can be stored for 3 years and more, ready to be used when we will need to feed our cows!

How to start a Cattle Farm - Episode 3 - Breeds, Costs & Market in Ghana Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi 52 Views • 5 years ago

In this episode we explore the big world of breeds, where to buy them, how to look for the right ones and how much they will cost us in Ghana. We hope, as always, to be useful and educative, let's feed the nation!