The Land Tortoise

• Background
• Building the Canoe
• Public Outreach

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• Public Outreach
• Literary Context
• Interviews with R. G. Brown
• Examining the Ahima
• Trying the Tools
• Building the Exhibit
• Opening Night
• The Crew

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• About the banner: The photo shows of the Ghana flag carved into the hull of an ahima.

Graduate student Anaqua Beasley looks on while R. G. Brown discusses texts he used in his research before building the ahima.

Literary Context

Among the books brought by R. G. Brown one of particular interest includes Ghanian proverbs, which play an important role in the canoe culture in Ghana. Occasionally images related to these proverbs are carved into boat hulls.

• Background
• Building the Canoe
• Public Outreach