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Illustration of a Manoka earth-brick fish smoker under a simple roof, shown empty.
Built structures

Manoka smoking house

Manoka's fish smoking takes place on pole racks inside airy houses; local partners later tested earth-brick and insulated metal prototypes to reduce wood use and processing time.

smoking-sheds
Manoka Island
Editorial illustration of a traditional hollowed calabash tied beneath a palm tapping cut to catch sap.
Equipment

Palm-wine tapping calabash

A hollowed gourd tied below a palm opening to collect sap. Sierra Leone records a Limba bulle/buli; Nso sources describe a calabash steadied by stick and plant material. These are related local forms, not one standard design.

Gourds, calabashes and carved bowls
Mile 47, outskirts of Freetown
A blue metal palm-kernel expeller with a feed hopper and horizontal press body, illustrated on a warm ivory background.
Equipment

Expeller press

A continuous screw press compresses prepared palm-kernel meal in a perforated cage, draining oil while cake exits separately. FAO documents several preparation routes and machine examples from Benin and Cameroon.

Presses and weights
Benin