ISBN:
9781433147043
,
9781433149580
,
9781433149597
,
9781433149603
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 273 pages
,
23 cm
Series Statement:
International folklorists volume 12
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Kyoore, Paschal B. Kyiiripuo, 1957 - Dagara verbal art
DDC:
398.20899635
Keywords:
Dagaaba (African people) Folklore
;
Dagaaba (African people) Social life and customs
;
Tales
;
Proverbs, Dagaare
;
Riddles, Dagaare
;
Folk songs
;
Dagari-Sprache
;
Volksliteratur
;
Sprichwort
Abstract:
Introduction -- Wit, humor, and satire in tales -- Songs as mode of communication in tales -- The female character in tales -- The supernatural as motif in tales -- The didactic and moralizing tales -- Dirges, praise songs, praise singers -- The female praise singer -- Verbal art of the xylophonist -- Popular songs as verbal art -- The art of speech making -- The art of proverb usage -- The art of riddling -- Conclusion -- Appendix: proverbs in context
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