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Title: | The dynamics of persistence and change in Akan aesthetics |
Authors: | Warren, D.M.![]() Andrews, J. Kweku ![]() |
Year: | 1980 |
Periodical: | Ba Shiru |
Volume: | 11 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 10-23 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Ghana |
Subjects: | social change Akan arts Akan languages |
Abstract: | This paper concentrates on linguistic evidence, procedures and methodologies which give insight into the value the Akan place on change and the types of change patterns which exist, as well as an understanding of what persists and what changes over time in Akan art and aesthetic systems: Introduction - Procedures and methods for studying change (linguistic evidence for a high value placed on change by the Akan; linguistic evidence of change mechanisms; the change process: evidence for accommodation or conflict; patterns of persistence and change in Akan arts and aesthetics) - Conclusions. Notes, ref., tab. |