Allabar Women's Islamic School
The wife of an Islamic teacher founded this school in their home, in one of Kumasi's oldest Muslim neighborhoods. A long front room holds beginning, intermediate and advanced groups. It offers Arabic, English, math and sciences classes, and she has hired Muslim and non-Muslim teachers to present the full public school curriculum, although the school gets no government support. The students are mostly married women, who attend part time in between their family and work responsibilities.
Bantama Women's Fellowship
Bantama mosque serves a central Kumasi neighborhood that historically contained a large proportion of Muslim families before colonial rule. On Fridays, a group of women gathers under the supervision of the local Imam, to study the Koran and learn basic Arabic. On two Fridays they heard an explanation of this website project and were invited to record interviews for posting on it. Interviews were held in the large women's side chamber of the mosque before prayers began.
Tafo Women's Fellowship
Old Tafo lies along the main highway north from Kumasi, and was one of the earliest settlements for immigrant Northerners. As an old Muslim community it has several neighborhood mosques, and the imam of one founded a government-supported primary and middle school that offers instruction in the Koran and Arabic language along with the standard national curriculum. This group of women attends that mosque and meets on Fridays to learn Arabic and read the Koran. After hearing about the website project, those who agreed to record an interview for it met us in an empty classroom.
Men
Date: August 13, 2009
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"Bicycles have helped me."
Date: August 13, 2009
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"I know what is bad and what is good for me."
Date: August 13, 2009
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"All that we need is unity."
Date: August 13, 2009
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"First, be honest; second, be patient."
Date: August 13, 2009
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"The religion of Islam is totally about peace"
Date: August 15, 2009
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"You must be seen to be a good Muslim."
Date: August 15, 2009
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"Islam teaches us to love one another."
Date: August 15, 2009
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"People like coming here."
Date: August 15, 2009
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"We don't advise that."
Date: August 15, 2009
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"I have to respect these people."
Date: August 21, 2009
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"I will drive peacefully; I will come home peacefully."
Date: August 21, 2009
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"I'm a real Zongo man."
Date: August 21, 2009
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"Islam has taught me a lot."
Date: August 21, 2009
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"They are not doing it for Islam."
Date: August 21, 2009
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