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Speaking for the chief : ȯkyeame and the politics of Akan royal oratory / Kwesi Yankah.
Author
Yankah, Kwesi
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1995.
Description
x, 194 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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DT510.43.A53 Y35 1995
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Subject(s)
Akan (African people)
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Politics and government
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Speeches, addresses, etc., Akan
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Akan (African people)
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Rites and ceremonies
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Negotiation
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Social aspects
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Ghana
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Oral tradition
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Ghana
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Ghana
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Social life and customs
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Series
African systems of thought
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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-190) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Okyeame: A Theoretical Framework
3. Mediation: The Evolution of Royal Diplomacy
4. Oratory in Akan Society
5. Women and Rhetoric
6. Orator and Chief: The Politics of Immunity
7. "Listening So the Chief May Hear": The Circuit of Formal Talk
8. Interpreting the Chief's Word
9. Without His Patron's Voice
Epilogue: The King's Exit
Glossary of Akan Words.
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ISBN
0253368014 ((alk. paper))
9780253368010 ((alk. paper))
0253209463 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
9780253209467 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
94027094
OCLC
30919799
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