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Title:Aspects of Akan oral literature in the media
Author:Agyekum, KofiISNI
Year:2000
Periodical:Research Review (ISSN 0855-4412)
Volume:16
Issue:2
Pages:1-18
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:Ghana
West Africa
Subjects:Akan
oral literature
radio
television
communication
Akan (African people)
Folk literature
media
Abstract:This paper discusses Akan oral literature in the media, concentrating on radio and television. It looks at the various oral literary genres performed via these modern media of communication, including proverbs, riddles and puzzles, folk tales, folk songs and talk shows. It further discusses the adaptations that are made in response to the needs and circumstances of the urban environment of Ghana. It hints at the change in oral literary genres from interpersonal face-to-face interaction to sound-and-air-waves interaction. App., bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]