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Subjunctive Masculinities: Making Men Through Music and Ritual in Northern Ghana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2020

KARL J. HAAS
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Abstract (dagbanli)

Dini niŋ ka tuma kalinsi mini pukparigu ni labiri nyanga saha ŋɔ la zuɣu, dabba ban be Tuduyaɣili polo (Northern Region) di niŋdi tom pam tiba zaŋ jandi bɛ biɛhigu ni bɛ laɣi dibo soya diyi ti kana dotali polo. To ayi yuli zaŋ chaŋ kali wahi din jandi Dagbamba Sapashin nim polo, sabbu ŋɔ wuhirila waligimsim din be dotali mini kali wahi yeltɔɣa. Gun Gon nyala kali tuun kpeiŋ din wuhiri dotali tuun tumsa Sapashin nim ni Dagbaŋ pulini, kadi wuhiri ka kpaŋsiri dotali ni nye sheli zaŋ ti dabba ban tumdili.

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Yearbook for Traditional Music , Volume 51 , November 2019 , pp. 217 - 245
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© International Council for Traditional Music 2020

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