African Oral Narratives
Life Stories of Women Traders and Former Traders From Kumasi Central Market

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Agnes Forson Interview

Date: May 26, 1994
Sold second hand clothes

Ahosua Mensah Interview 1, Part A

Date: September 21, 1994
A retired oil seller.

Akosua Mensah Interview 2, Part B

Date: September 21, 1994
A retired oil seller.

Akosua Mensah Interview 2

Date: October 13, 1994
A retired oil seller.

Akosua Mensah Interview 3

Date: October 13, 1994
A retired oil seller.

Akosua Mensah Interview 4

Date: October 13, 1994
A retired oil seller.

Abenaa Sewa Interview

Date: October 17, 1994
Orange Queen Mother

Abenaa Ediyaa Interview

Date: October 23, 1994
Sold tomatoes.

Amma Pokua Interview

Date: October 24, 1994
Sold yams.

Akosua Kwantua Interview 1

Date: October 26, 1994
Sold yams.

Akosua Kwantua Interview 2

Date: November 2, 1994
The Bolga queen mother. Sold tomatoes.

Mary Mensah Interview

Date: November 3, 1994
Owner of neighborhood store.

Mary Appiah Interview

Date: November 8, 1994
Works as seamstress.

Akua Nsia Interview

Date: November 10, 1994
Sold onions. Queen Mother.

Coastance Interview

Date: November 26, 1994
Sold onions and then vegetable soup.

Mercy Larbi Interview

Date: November 27, 1994
Sold sewing notions, household goods, and stationary.

Yaa Achiaa Interview

Date: November 27, 1994
Sold yams.

Mary Fosua Interview

Date: November 30, 1994
Sold onions.

Ataa Amoah Interview

Date: December 6, 1994
Sold cloth.

Nana Dufie Interview

Date: December 8, 1994
Sold adwenehemma (fish).

Akosua Pihamaih Interview

Date: December 18, 1994
Sold corn and plantain.

Amma Asamoah Interview

Date: January 14, 1995
Sold gnuts and beans.

Maame Werekua Interview

Date: January 15, 1995
Sold corn.

John Barima and Efna Gyaenoa Interview

Date: January 23, 1995
Sold amanneehemma (smoked mackerel queen mother).

Ama Ataa Interview

Date: January 24, 1995
Sold punamhemmua (bush meat).

Yaa Chin Interview

Date: January 25, 1995
Fish queen mother for apatre Lake Bosumtwe

Ataa Sewa Interview

Date: January 26, 1995
Sold cloth.

Maane Badu Interview

Date: January 26, 1995
Sold yams and also makola in Accra.

"Teacher" Rose and Mrs. Adusa-Opoku Interview

Date: January 31, 1995
The husband mostly spoke. Sold cloth.

Akra Kobi Interview

Date: February 1, 1995
Sold yams and told witchcraft stories with Monica and Mary Appiah.

Akra Kobi Interview

Date: February 3, 1995
Sold yams and spoke of early life.

Amma Odwira Interview

Date: February 3, 1995
Sold yams and spoke of early life.

Adua Opambao Interview

Date: February 5, 1995
Sold yams and spoke of early life.

Cecilia Asante-Antwi

Date: February 6, 1995
Minister's wife; Speech at public seminar on Women In Development, Dunwell Methodest Church, Kumasi

Beha Sewa Interview

Date: February 9, 1995
Sold yams. Queen mother.

Maame Nkrumah Interview

Date: February 28, 1995
Onion trader; sister of queen mother

Afua Tekyiwa Interview

Date: March 5, 1995
Sold rice then ajna oforiwa vegetables.

Yaa Chin Interview

Date: March 6, 1995
Sold apatrehemma.

Rose Adusa-Opoku Interview

Date: March 14, 1995
Teacher, sold cloth.

Amma Opokua Interview

Date: March 16, 1995
Talked a lot about marriage.

Akua Frimpoma Interview

Date: March 19, 1995
Sold plantains.

Comfort Otchere Interview

Date: March 24, 1995
Aluminum cooking pans seller

Yaa Kesiwaa Interview

Date: March 27, 1995
Sold cassara.

Abenaa Adobea Interview

Date: March 28, 1995
Sold plantains.

Amma Aduma Interview

Date: March 28, 1995
Sold yams.

Yaa Rose Interview

Date: March 28, 1995
Sold oranges.

Comfort Meusah Interview

Date: April 5, 1995
Sold bread.

Adua Kromo Interview

Date: May 4, 1995
Sold palm nuts.

Yaa Chin Interview

Date: May 4, 1995
Sold apatrehemma.

Abenaa Interview

Date: May 10, 1995
Sold adobea.

Aberaa Sewa Interview

Date: May 18, 1995
Sold bayachemma. Asked CEDEP questions.

Vida Nsiah Interview

Date: May 19, 1995
Was a vocational school principal.

Atan Amoah Interview

Date: May 20, 1995
Sold cloth.

Agnes Darko Interview

Date: May 23, 1995
Owned a vegetable store.

Afua Tadeyiwah Interview

Date: May 26, 1995
Was a waste management contractor. Asked CEDEP questions.

Elizabeth Owasn Interview

Date: May 29, 1995
Was chopbar queen mother. Was a traditional catering assistant. Asked CEDEP questions.

Mrs. Wiredu Interview

Date: May 29, 1995
Owned a clothing factory

Akua Nsiah Interview

Date: June 7, 1995
Was onion queen mother. Asked a few CEDEP questions.

Amma Opokua Interview

Date: June 8, 1995
Sold yams.

Akosua Boronya Interview

Sold oranges (Fanti).

Images

A leading Muslim tomato wholesaler, seated with assistant standing

A leading Muslim tomato wholesaler, seated with assistant standing

Date: 1991
Sister Hawa, one of the largest wholesalers for tomatoes
Elderly woman in notions stall

Elderly woman in notions stall

Date: 1991
Former church singer has a stall with sewing notions
Girl, 10-12 years old, holding infant before orange stalls

Girl, 10-12 years old, holding infant before orange stalls

Date: 1991
Babysitting little brother in the market
Orange hawker in yam wholesale market

Orange hawker in yam wholesale market

Date: 1991
Hawkers bring food and goods to the trader
Seated woman surrounded in market by daughters and children

Seated woman surrounded in market by daughters and children

Date: 1991
Plantain sales support this entire extended family
Smiling woman holding account book

Smiling woman holding account book

Date: 1991
An orange wholesaler shows her credit book
Three standing women in fish stall

Three standing women in fish stall

Date: 1991
Neighboring fish traders
Young man standing on tomato boxes

Young man standing on tomato boxes

Date: 1991
Group bargaining for tomatoes with young man commission agent
Young woman in white sitting in cloth stall

Young woman in white sitting in cloth stall

Date: 1991
The young cloth queenmother in her stall
Orange Queen Mother, Abenaa Sewa

Orange Queen Mother, Abenaa Sewa

Date: 1994
Abenaa Sewa photographed in her stall at the Kumasi Market
Three standing women in cloth

Three standing women in cloth

Date: 1994
Kumasi daughter visiting village mother and sister
Two older women standing in funeral cloth

Two older women standing in funeral cloth

Date: 1994
Women elders at a funeral
Cloth trader and daughter helper standing dressed up

Cloth trader and daughter helper standing dressed up

Date: 1995
Mother and daughter at a party
Onion trader at corner of onion shed with customers

Onion trader at corner of onion shed with customers

Date: 1995
A corner location attracts more customers
Three seated women with baskets and trays of dried pepper

Three seated women with baskets and trays of dried pepper

Date: 1995
In the wholesale yard, trade slows in the afternoon
Youngish woman seated with pineapples. she sells plantain in season

Youngish woman seated with pineapples. she sells plantain in season

Date: 1995
Selling pineapples in the dry season when plantain is scarce
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