Speaking for the Chief: Okyeame and the Politics of Akan Royal Oratory

(Part of the African Systems of Thought Series)

by Kwesi Yankah

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Provides an ethnography of royal rhetoric and the language and politics of representation among the Akan of Ghana. This book shows the connections between verbal strategies and the cultural organization of West African social systems. It shows the art of the okyeame to be not simply a genre of speaking, but a set of cultural practices.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0253209463

ISBN13:9780253209467

Release Date:July 1995

Publisher:Indiana University Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Arts, Music & Photography History Language Arts Performing Arts

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Speaking for the Chief: Okyeame and the Politics of Akan Royal Oratory

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