A Mamprusi Village
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1996.4.1
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content: William Byrne films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (20 minutes, black-and-white sound; 702 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1944
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film produced by the British Ministry of Information depicts daily life in a village of the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast (Ghana) with an emphasis on Mamprusi autonomy under colonial rule. Film shows collection and distribution of tax money under the native administration, council meeting presided over by a Colonial District Commissioner, collection of cola nuts for export to Ivory Coast and locally recruited mounted police acting as customs agents. Also depicted is the judicial system of the native administration and a high court presided over by the Paramount Chief. Also shown are scenes of a family compound of a village chief including women cleaning compound, bathing, smoking and children playing games and scenes of a local market and women carrying goods to the market. Music of African choirs of the Gold Coast forms part of the sound track.