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

Yankah, Kwesi.

Speaking for the chief : ȯkyeame and the politics of Akan royal oratory / Kwesi Yankah. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1995. - x, 194 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - African systems of thought .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-190) and index.

0253368014 (alk. paper) 0253209463

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Akan (African people)--Politics and government.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Akan.
Akan (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.
Negotiation--Social aspects--Ghana.
Oral tradition--Ghana.


Ghana--Social life and customs.

DT510.43/YAN