Nnwonkoro is a genre of women's song found among the Akan speaking peoples of Ghana. Based on extensive field work this book investigates the nature of composition in oral culture, together with issues such as the scope of the poetic imagination and the transformation process that accompany's modernisation.
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Nnwonkoro is a female song tradition confined to adult Akan women in Ghana who in the past sang to entertain themselves in the night when the moon shone bright in the sky. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nana Abasa, Manhyia Tete, Eno Abena, Mother Abena, Yaa Adusa, Kwame Boakye, Akosua Tiwaa, Nyame Nkrabea, Afua Bronya, Nana Poku, Nyame Akwan, Dbaa Yaa, Nana Afua Abasa, Yaw Bota, Grandchild Poku, Kwame Amma, Almighty God, Supreme Being, River Densu, Akua Afriyie, Asaase Yaa, Earth Yaa, Nana Nyame, Asante Twi, Grandchild Srewaa Ampem New!
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Nnwonkoro is a female song tradition confined to adult Akan women in Ghana who in the past sang to entertain themselves in the night when the moon shone bright in the sky. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nana Abasa, Manhyia Tete, Eno Abena, Mother Abena, Yaa Adusa, Kwame Boakye, Akosua Tiwaa, Nyame Nkrabea, Afua Bronya, Nana Poku, Nyame Akwan, Dbaa Yaa, Nana Afua Abasa, Yaw Bota, Grandchild Poku, Kwame Amma, Almighty God, Supreme Being, River Densu, Akua Afriyie, Asaase Yaa, Earth Yaa, Nana Nyame, Asante Twi, Grandchild Srewaa Ampem New!
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- Dictionary Of Music And Musicians (9 Volumes)) (Music Book Index) by Sir George Grove in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Orality and Literacy (New Accents) by Walter J. Ong in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Philosophy in the Flesh : The Embodied Mind and Its Challenge to Western Thought by George Lakoff in Front Matter, page 89, and Back Matter
- The Singer of Tales by Albert B. Lord in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- The Music of Africa by J. H. Kwabeha Nketia in Front Matter, page 91, and Back Matter
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