Aspects of Oral Literature in Ghana

Aspects of Oral Literature in Ghana offers an elaborate analysis of some topics of Oral literature in Ghana in particular and Africa in General. it is written in an easy-to-read format that will attract most readers. As the title of the book suggests it focuses on some topics using data from a wide range languages in Ghana and across Africa. The topic covered include folktales, riddles, dirges, drum language, songs and proverbs. The strength of the book is found in the extensive data that the authors access from varied sources including speakers of the respective languages. The book is targeted at undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as teachers and researchers of Ghanaian and African oral literature. Teacher Training colleges and Senior High schools will also find it very useful.

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Ephraim Avea Nsoh is a senior lecturer at the Department of Gur-Gonja Languages Education of the University of Education in Ghana. His areas of research include morphological and syntactic theory, African oral literature and lexicography. Nsoh has attended several local and international conferences and has a number of publications to his credit.