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Rites, Recreation, and Rulership: Christianity and Ewe Music of Ghana

Gbagbo, Divine Kwasi
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3647-2395
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1620229836882229

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2021, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, Interdisciplinary Arts (Fine Arts).
This dissertation examines the understudied relationship between Christianity and Ewe musical practices in rites, recreational, and rulership. It explores not only how Christianity transformed the world of Ewe music, but also how Ewe worlds of music ultimately influenced the way in which Christianity is practiced in Ghana. The dissertation investigates church musical traditions that emerged under the influence of missionaries and later in the postcolonial church. Furthermore, it examines the naming and puberty rites of the Ewes and analyzes the musical and liturgical changes that Christianity introduced into these cultural practices. Regarding recreation, it focuses on two genres: Bɔbɔɔbɔ and Gabaɖa. Finally, it turns to the relationship between Christianity and music performed for traditional rites and chiefhood. Engaging with scholarship from ethnomusicology, African studies, religious studies, and linguistics anthropology, this project takes an interdisciplinary approach to arrive at a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between Christianity and Ewe music of Ghana.
Garrett Field (Committee Chair)
Andrea Frohne (Committee Member)
Kofi Agawu (Committee Member)
Paschal Younge (Committee Member)
438 p.
Language; Music; Performing Arts; Religion
Ewe Music; Christianity; rites; recreation; rulership; indigenization; Christianization; continuity; re-contextualization

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  • Gbagbo, D. K. (2021). Rites, Recreation, and Rulership: Christianity and Ewe Music of Ghana [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1620229836882229

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gbagbo, Divine. Rites, Recreation, and Rulership: Christianity and Ewe Music of Ghana. 2021. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1620229836882229.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gbagbo, Divine. "Rites, Recreation, and Rulership: Christianity and Ewe Music of Ghana." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1620229836882229

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