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Rammed Earth Construction - Ghana
Rammed Earth Construction - Ghana Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi 107 Views • 5 years ago

(14 Jan 2019) LEADIN:
Rammed earth is a construction method that has been around for millennia, but it's attracting renewed interest in countries like the USA and Australia.
In Ghana a construction company is returning to the technique of rammed earth building, promoting its eco-friendly and economical technique.
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This construction worker is part of a team building an eco-friendly house near Ghana's capital city, Accra.
He is compressing a mixture of raw materials mostly sourced from within two kilometres.
When the temporary structure is later removed it will reveal a solid wall – the beginning of a house.
The technique is called rammed earth, as co-founder of Hive Earth Kwame de Heer explains.
"Rammed earth is a really old technique. Here in Ghana we have always built houses using mud, but here we have modernised it. We use a mixture of laterite which contains sand, a bit of silt, clay and some stones. We pour this into a temporary structure after being mixed. After pouring in eight inches we compress it to about four inches. We are mimicking a sedimentary rock, but speeding up the process. It's man-made stone."
About five percent of the raw materials used in this method requires imported cement, which is necessary as a stabiliser.
As well as being more eco-friendly, Hive Earth says it costs a third less than building with sandcrete blocks, commonly used in Ghana.
Foster Osae-Akonnor heads up Ghana's Green Building Council:
"Once you can get materials from the locality that you are working, then it helps to reduce the carbon footprint. In addition, comparing rammed earth to concrete, you save all the embodied energy that will be required in the manufacturing of cement."
Compared to other building materials, a very high amount of energy is consumed to produce cement. In addition cement is imported into Ghana.
Another of Hive Earth's rammed earth projects, in Accra, reveals its interesting aesthetic, which is the result of the ramming process.
The technique is well suited to the hot climate of Ghana as it keeps the room temperature cool, says co-owner of Hive Earth, British-Ghanaian entrepreneur Joelle Eyeson.
"Rammed earth is sound proof, it's termite proof, it's thermally insulative – so it regulates the internal room temperature. Because the walls are so thick it takes a while for the heat to penetrate through to the internal room. Our walls can be anything from 12 to 15 inches thick. It's earthquake resistant as well, due to the monolithic nature of the walls as compared to sandcrete blocks, because the walls are monolithic. With sandcrete blocks you have the mortar joints so it's easier for the wall to shake and become disinbursed, whereas with rammed earth it's just one straight monolithic wall. It's as strong as concrete as well – it can last for hundreds of years."
A long-standing example of rammed earth is the Great Wall of China.
Williams Nimailo from the Ghana Bureau of Standards helped draw up the country's new building code.
Allowance is made for rammed earth under both traditional and green building construction methods. Provision is made for modern materials such as clay-fired bricks or cement blocks.
Akosua Obeng is an architect who contracted Hive Earth to build the external walls of a luxury complex in Accra.
Obeng believes using rammed earth techniques in a high-end development will help to change perceptions about how earth materials can enhance design and architecture.
Hive Earth have produced eight rammed earth projects since starting up in 2016, and have many more projects planned in Ghana and regionally.

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Tish Official x Don Iko - Nothing Better (Official Music Video) | Soca 2027
Tish Official x Don Iko - Nothing Better (Official Music Video) | Soca 2027 T. Y. Adodo 13 Views • 7 days ago

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8,000 Years of African History  |  Tony Browder presents: The Lineage Timeline
8,000 Years of African History | Tony Browder presents: The Lineage Timeline Kwabena Ofori Osei 59 Views • 1 year ago

Tony Browder presents: Paul Obinna's "The Lineage Timeline" 8,000 years of African history.

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Learn Twi for Kids: Occupations & Jobs | African Languages with Kunda Kids
Learn Twi for Kids: Occupations & Jobs | African Languages with Kunda Kids T. Y. Adodo 19 Views • 2 months ago

What do you want to be when you grow up? Join Kunda Kids as we explore Occupations and Jobs in Twi! From doctors to teachers, we help children learn how to describe different careers using clear native pronunciation and vibrant animations.

THE CHALLENGE: Do you know the Twi word for "Firefighter"? It’s a tricky one! Watch the video to see if you can guess it correctly!

In this lesson, we cover:

Common job titles and occupations in Twi

Native Twi pronunciation for kids and beginners

English to Twi translations for active learning

Visual cues to help kids identify different careers

📝 Occupations Preview:

Teacher — Kyerɛkyerɛni 🍎

Doctor — Dɔkta / Oduruyɛfoɔ 🩺

Firefighter — Ogyatofuo 👨‍🚒

Farmer — Akuafoɔ 🚜

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Senegal: Wrestling with Reality
Senegal: Wrestling with Reality Kwabena Ofori Osei 23 Views • 2 years ago

In Senegal, traditional wrestling has its roots in the culture and community of rural villages, particularly among the Serer people.

What began as tribal preparations for battle developed into village ritual and soon a form of entertainment. Men traditionally fought at village festivals after the harvest season as a way of attracting women, proving their virility and bringing honour to their communities.

But in the past 50 years, traditional Senegalese wrestling has grown exponentially to become a major national sport for both men and women - with celebrity fighters competing for big prize money, in large stadia and in front of thousands of fans.

"We can say that it is not just a sport," says sociologist Aly Tandian. "It has always been a socially stimulating factor in the Senegalese society."

"Today, there are villages that have become well known in all of Senegal because they have given birth to great wrestlers," he adds.

Today, the professional wrestlers at major events - like "Bombardier" and Eumeu Sene - are household names, winning over $80,000 a fight.

Up-and-coming fighters like "Lacrymogene", who we meet in this film, win more modest sums - from a few to a few hundred dollars. But the winnings mean that for some of the poorest Senegalese, wrestling can genuinely represent a means of clawing their way out of poverty.

Traditional wrestling is part of a wider phenomenon of combat sports in West Africa, including in countries like Gambia, Guinea and Gabon. In Senegal, the sport has attracted both genders, with the women's game now popular and well respected in its own right.

Olympic fighter Isabelle Sambou has won the African Championships nine times. Safiato Biola has competed in women's events in Europe and North Africa, and Anta Sambou says winning three golds at the 2017 Francophone Games has built her confidence and transformed her life.

"Wrestling is part of our culture," says Isabelle.

"If you wrestle when you're young, you can wrestle through your whole childhood, and as an adult you can still wrestle. Especially the girls, don't be afraid of a wrestler."

"I love my achievements so much that it has made me stronger," she says. "I also represent a force in my village, and that has made me reach the top."

In this film, we explore the popularity of traditional wrestling among Senegalese fighters and fans alike, men and women, urban and rural - from small village festivals to arena events in the capital, Dakar.

We look at wrestling as an expression of pride and cultural identity but also to show how sport - at even the lowest levels - can mean the difference for some between modest, local success and a miserable existence on the margins of society.

As Tandian says, "There are certain places, like the suburbs of Dakar, where young people only have two options: wrestling or leaving the country."

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Haile Gerima - On Black Film and White Supremacy (2015) | Sankofa Out Now on Netflix | #Uncut
Haile Gerima - On Black Film and White Supremacy (2015) | Sankofa Out Now on Netflix | #Uncut Kwadwo Danmeara Tòkunbọ̀ Datɛ 66 Views • 4 years ago

Our full interview with filmmaker and educator Haile Gerima from 2015. A 4K restoration of SANKOFA was just released on Netflix via ARRAY.

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Haile Gerima is an independent filmmaker and professor of film at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Born and raised in Ethiopia, Gerima emigrated to the United States in 1967. Following in the footsteps of his father, a dramatist and playwright, Gerima studied acting in Chicago before entering the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, where his exposure to Latin American films inspired him to mine his own cultural legacy. After completing his thesis film, Bush Mama (1975), Gerima received international acclaim with Harvest: 3000 Years (1976), an Ethiopian drama that won the Grand Prize at the Locarno film festival.

After the award-winning Ashes & Embers (1982) and the documentaries Wilmington 10—U.S.A 10,000 (1978) and After Winter: Sterling Brown (1985), Gerima filmed his epic, Sankofa (1993). This formally ambitious tale of a plantation slave revolt was ignored by U.S. distributors, but Gerima tapped into African American communities, and booked sold-out screenings in independent theaters around the country.

In 1996, Gerima founded the Sankofa Video and Bookstore in Washington, DC., a cultural and intellectual space that offers opportunities for self-expression, interaction, discussion and analysis through community events such as film screenings, book signings, scholar forums and artist showcases. Gerima continues to distribute and promote his own films, including his most recent festival success, Teza (2008), which won the Jury and Best Screenplay awards at the Venice Film Festival. He also lectures and conducts workshops in alternative screenwriting and directing both within the U.S. and internationally.
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Alex Konadu ‎– Mewu Ama Wo 70's GHANA  Highlife | Old School Ghana Highlife Music Songs FULL Al
Alex Konadu ‎– Mewu Ama Wo 70's GHANA Highlife | Old School Ghana Highlife Music Songs FULL Al Kwabena Ofori Osei 82 Views • 2 years ago

Label: BHM (Brobisco House Of Music) ‎– KBL 2032Format: Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry: Ivory CoastReleased: ?For more african music you can visit our website https://www.afrosunny.com/TracklistA1 Mewu Ama Wo 00:00A2 Fa Odo Behya Me 11:05B1 Nsem Nyaa Nyame 15:49B2 Asem Adi Boue 22:51Record Company – Adusco ProductionRecorded At – Ghana Films Studios Accra* All materials presented on this channel are copyrighted by their respective copyright owners, and are subject to use for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY!SUPPORT THE MUSICIANS, BUY THEIR MUSIC!** I

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