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Everyday Islam in Kumasi: Devout Lay Men and Women in Daily Life
by Gracia Clark
Documents
Runaway Wife
Date: January 3, 1939Format: Text/jpeg
This wronged husband is appealing to the Asantehene because he feels the chief of his ethnic community in Kumasi has been unfair.
Palaver Held at the Central Market, Kumasi
Date: October 13, 1946Format: Text/jpeg
Muslim traders settled freely in Kumasi after British conquest in 1898, but they had to negotiate a place for themselves politically and economically as a minority. Each immigrant ethnic group acknowledged a Kumasi headman, who maintained constructive relations with the Asante chiefly hierarchy and the British colonial authorities to protect their trading activities and legal traditions. Although most of the translations for this case will be from oral interviews, the paramount chief's archives contain valuable English language documents from earlier decades, such as petitions and court cases. The following sample document shows high-ranking palace officials mediating a conflict between male traders from Gao (Mali) and Asante women traders. Their rivalry over access to truckloads of yams arriving in Kumasi Central Market sparked several violent clashes between 1938 and 1952.
Interviews
A Trader and a Teacher
Date: 2006Format: Image-MovingImage/mp4
"My uncle saw that I was not interested in marriage, so one day he just called me and said 'I want you to be married to your brother [cousin],' and it worked."
An Arabic Teacher
Date: 2006Format: Image-MovingImage/mp4
"As I understood the teachings of Islam, I pledged to let my fellow Muslims also know more about Islam and the Koran. That is why I prefer teaching."
Not Every Woman Can Do This Work
Date: 2006Format: Image-MovingImage/mp4
"It is only me, a woman selling these double axles here. My family are proud of me as a woman selling this, because it is not easy for some women to learn this trade."
The Work of God
Date: 2006Format: Image-MovingImage/mp4
"Next time that I greet you, with the grace of God you will also be a Muslim."
Abdul Hannan Al Waiz
Date: August 13, 2009Format: Image-MovingImage/mp4
"I know what is bad and what is good for me."
Mohammed Bawa
Date: August 13, 2009Format: Image-MovingImage/mp4
"First, be honest; second, be patient."
Suleiman Zakaria
Date: August 13, 2009Format: Image-MovingImage/mp4
"The religion of Islam is totally about peace"
Abdul Rashid Alhassan
Date: August 15, 2009Format: Image-MovingImage/mp4
"You must be seen to be a good Muslim."
Ahmed Abdulah
Date: August 21, 2009Format: Image-MovingImage/mp4
"I will drive peacefully; I will come home peacefully."
Muhammed Amin Abu Bakr
Date: August 21, 2009Format: Image-MovingImage/mp4
"Islam has taught me a lot."
Muhammed Bashiru Danakabu
Date: August 21, 2009Format: Image-MovingImage/mp4
"They are not doing it for Islam."
Images
Headloading at a Village Market
Date: 1979Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
Lifting basket on man's head.
Lorry Station Chalkboard
Date: 1979Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
Blackboard with people waiting for cars.
Madame Hawa, Tomato Wholesaler
Date: 1979Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
Silhouette of old lady at tomato yard.
Men Tomato Sellers in North
Date: 1979Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
Northern men with tomato boxes selling in Bolgatanga market.
Yam Porters and Drivers
Date: 1979Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
People in rows of chairs in yam office in Kumasi Central Market.
Allabar Women's School
Date: 2006Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
The Allabar Women's Islamic School main classroom in front of house.
Bantama Floor
Date: 2006Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
Interviews on the floor of mosque -- women's side.
Learning to Pray
Date: 2006Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
Small girl standing behind praying women in the mosque.
Ramadan Class
Date: 2006Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
Women in chairs, men at table with books at the mosque.
Truck Parts and Engines
Date: 2006Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
Hajia Habiba in her stall with double axles in Suame Magazine.
Cloth Importers
Date: 2009Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
Two women and one man from Togo sit in cloth stall in Kumasi Central Market.
Front Porch
Date: 2009Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
Interviewing on the front porch of a compound house.
Kumasi Central Market
Date: 2009Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
Overview of Kumasi Central Market from above wholesale yards.
Kumasi Central Mosque
Date: 2009Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
Friday prayers at the Central Mosque in Kumasi.
Roadside Shop
Date: 2009Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
Young men in front of store in Dichemso, Kumasi.
At the mosque
Format: Image-StillImage/jpegA photo album of six images showing the mosque in Kumasi and activities happening at the mosque.
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