Dried Millet Breaking: Time, Words, and Song in the Woi Epic of the Kpelle

by Ruth M. Stone

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"Dried millet breaking," sung by the bard at the end of one episode of this Woi epic of the Kpelle people of Liberia, represents a formula that breaks the flow of events and introduces the epic's complex temporal scaffolding. Examining the singing, narration, dramatic performance, instrumental accompaniment, and timing of the Woi epic, Ruth M. Stone reveals that the Kpelle show time flux through changing timbres, motion, and spatial metaphors in...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0253318181

ISBN13:9780253318183

Release Date:October 1988

Publisher:Indiana University Press

Length:170 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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