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.

English Interviews:

Hajia Habiba

Woman Can Do Anything Man Can Do (2006)

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.

Maimouna

My Mother Never Gave Up (2006)

My mother didn't go in for that early marriage. Some of the relatives stopped speaking to my father because he sent his daughters to school. I came out as a full fledged graduate in Education, with a minor in Linguistics.