Speaking for the chief : ȯkyeame and the politics of Akan royal oratory / Kwesi Yankah.

Author
Yankah, Kwesi [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1995.
Description
x, 194 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Series
    African systems of thought [More in this series]
    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.
    ISBN
    • 0253368014 ((alk. paper))
    • 9780253368010 ((alk. paper))
    • 0253209463 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780253209467 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    94027094
    OCLC
    30919799
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