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Kilson, Marion

Kpele Lala : Ga Religious Songs and Symbols / Marion Kilson. - Reprint 2014 - 1 online resource (313 p.) : 8 halftones, 1 map, 11 tables

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Illustrations. Tables -- Foreword by T. О. Beidelman -- Part I: Kpele Songs and Symbolism -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Kpele Cult and Songs -- 3. Singing Kpele Songs -- 4. The World of Kpele Songs -- 5. Metaphors in Kpele Ritual -- 6. The Kpele Community -- Part II: Kpele Song Texts -- Introductory Note -- The Supreme Being -- Cosmogony -- Cosmos -- Divine Beings -- Ritual Performance -- Human Society -- Ga Polity -- Ga Culture -- Animals -- Bibliography -- Index

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9780674182073 9780674182097

Standard No.: 10.4159/harvard.9780674182097 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Andere Religionen.
Chansons folkloriques gan.
Ga (volk).
Gã (African people)--Religion.
Liederen.
Songs, Gã--Ghana--Texts.
Songs, Gã.
Symbolen.
Gã (African people) -- Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Songs, Gã -- Ghana -- Texts.
RELIGION / Ethnic & Tribal.

LC Class. No.: GN473 / .K45

Dewey Class. No.: 299/.6