{"id":356,"date":"2025-10-20T18:11:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/?p=356"},"modified":"2025-10-20T18:12:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:12:56","slug":"new-york-a-city-of-immigrants-asanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/2025\/10\/20\/new-york-a-city-of-immigrants-asanka\/","title":{"rendered":"New York: A City of Immigrants &#8211; Asanka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"869\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/10\/image-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-357\" style=\"width:469px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/10\/image-1.jpeg 869w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/10\/image-1-255x300.jpeg 255w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/10\/image-1-768x905.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/10\/image-1-600x707.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 869px) 100vw, 869px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An object that ties me back to my Ghanaian background is the black earthenware, known as &#8220;asanka&#8221; in Twi or Fante; it is a kitchen tool used to grind ingredients to prepare sauces or soups. This object is used with a \u201ctapoli,\u201d a wooden pestle. The earthenware is made from natural clay with a ridged interior that helps with the mashing process of ingredients when preparing meals. The earthenware is also a bowl used to serve various cultural dishes. My family and I use the earthenware to make a delicious spicy sauce consisting of tomato, hot peppers, and sardines, called &#8220;mako&#8221;, that can be eaten with rice, banku, dokun, and other dishes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Emmanuella Bentil<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An object that ties me back to my Ghanaian background is the black earthenware, known as &#8220;asanka&#8221; in Twi or Fante; it is a kitchen tool used to grind ingredients to prepare sauces or soups. This object is used with a \u201ctapoli,\u201d a wooden pestle. The earthenware is made from natural clay with a ridged&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/2025\/10\/20\/new-york-a-city-of-immigrants-asanka\/#more-356\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":199,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","clear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions\/359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}