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Funeral dirges of the Akan peopleBook 1969 • Nketia, J. H. Kwabena
Akan • Africa > Western Africa
This study is a comprehensive account of Akan dirges collected in the field from informants and recorded during funerals. The author, Nketia classifies dirges into four basic forms and analyses the structure of each, giving examples in both English a...