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The Ewe of Togo and Benin: A handbook of Eweland / edited by Benjamin Lawrance.

Statement of responsibility: Lawrance, B. N.

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Bibliographic description (AACR2)
Accession no.SL-1999
Resource typeBook
EditionNot recorded
LanguageEnglish
Place of publicationNot recorded
PublisherWoeli Publishing Services
Date of publication2005
Collation / extent 359 p.
Number of pages359
SeriesNot recorded
ISBN9988626541
ISSNNot recorded
Call numberGN473 .H19
Summary / abstract note

Content: pt. I. The land and the people. Early settlements and archaelogy of the Adja-Tado cultural zone. The history of the Ewe of Togo and Benin from pre-colonial times -- A regional melting pot: the Ewe and their neighbours in the Ghana-Togo borderlands -- pt. II. Regional variations. Guin-Mina cultures and practice -- Notsie ancestral enclave of the Ewe people -- The Watchie-Ewe: histories and origins -- Lome: the political and social history of an exceptional city -- pt. III. Ethnographies. An Ewe girlhood game Ampe -- Ewe chiefs and Ewe legal traditions in Togo and Benin: the evolution of traditional authority, 1940-1990 -- Naming practices -- Religious traditions of the Togo and Benin Ewe -- Musical traditions of Ewe and related peoples of Togo and Benin -- pt. IV. Language and literature. The history of the Ewe language and Ewe language education -- Tone notation in Ewe orthography -- Sacred incantations in Ewe -- The literature of Francophone Eweland -- V. Contemporary trends. From Aflao eastwards: a coastal tour of Ewe material culture -- Contemporary visual arts in the Ewe speaking area -- Rural development initiatives in Togo's Eweland, 1960-1990 -- The Ewe diaspora. Other Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-359). Published in: Accra Physical description: xix, 359 pages : maps ; 23 cm.

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Subject headings: Ewe (African people) -- History Ewe Anthropology Rites and ceremonies -- Africa Africa -- Religious life and customs Benin -- Social life and customs Togo -- Social life and customs Ewe (African people) Ewe (African people) -- Soci History


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