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

by Kwesi Yankah

Book Overview

Among the Akan of Ghana and in other areas of West Africa, royal speech is not articulated with a single voice, but is rather a composite of the chief's words and their artistic relay by the royal... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• 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"