Kpele Lala : Ga Religious Songs and Symbols / Marion Kilson.
2013
GN473 .K45
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Title
Kpele Lala : Ga Religious Songs and Symbols / Marion Kilson.
Author
Kilson, Marion, author.
Edition
Reprint 2014
ISBN
9780674182097
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]
Copyright
©1971
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (313 p.) : 8 halftones, 1 map, 11 tables
Item Number
10.4159/harvard.9780674182097 doi
Call Number
GN473 .K45
Dewey Decimal Classification
299/.6
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HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
HUP e-dition: Social Science eBook Package
HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
HUP e-dition: Social Science eBook Package
HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
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Table of Contents
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
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