West Africa, Upper Volta (Kasena) -- Permanent Millet Cultivation with Digging Stick and Hoe
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.18; E00344
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (8 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1956
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film: shows the year-round activities involved in working a millet field. Includes: hoeing the soil at the end of the dry season; preparing the terraced fields; fertilizing with ashes from old millet stalks and with manure from house animals; sowing; weeding during the rainy season; harvesting a type of premature millet; and the major harvesting and threshing at the beginning of the dry season.
Legacy Keywords: Burkino Faso ; West Africa, Upper Volta ; Africa; Kasena