Even a short visit to the village gives fruitful insight into production techniques and alternative views on organizational mechanisms. In the center: Dr. Yaw Bredwa-Mensah from the Department of Archaeology, University of Legon, Ghana, who spent several months in the village making ethnographical research.

Further information: Bredwa-Mensah, Yaw, 1997: Akyem Te: the Technology and socio-cultural Setting of the Abompe Bauxite-Beadmaking Industry, Ghana . Beads. Journal of the Society of Bead Research . 1996-1997, vol. 8-9, p. 11-21.