The Rhetoric of “Bragoro”: The Philosophy Behind Akan Traditional Concept of Marriage
This paper discusses the intertextual relationship between the world of Akan Bragoro (puberty rites) song texts and the real world of Akans. The Akan Bragoro song texts are performed during Bragoro celebrations and the song texts define the Akan concept of sex and marriage within the parameters o...
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Noyam Publishers
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.38159/motbit.2021322 https://doaj.org/article/9ab755709fe14edda517db9e5e9fab12 |
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| Sumario: | This paper discusses the intertextual relationship between the world of Akan
Bragoro (puberty rites) song texts and the real world of Akans. The Akan Bragoro
song texts are performed during Bragoro celebrations and the song texts define
the Akan concept of sex and marriage within the parameters of traditional Akan
philosophy. The paper uses qualitative research methods that are irrigated by
ethnographic and stylistics approaches to text interpretation. The findings of
the research indicate that texts of Akan Bragoro songs key all the meanings this
traditional philosophy has to offer: sex is strictly a marital affair and marriage is
for those who are prepared for it. The stylistics of the song texts also frame the
epistemic of Akan love and that the basic condition of Akan conjugal love is a good
character on the side of both the man and the woman. The paper further reveals
that the Akan Bragoro song texts constitute the site where the precipitates of Akan
marriage are provided and Bragoro initiates are introduced to the Akan way of life.
These precipitates are rehearsed in performance year after year, making the Akan
Bragoro an enduring cultural practice that guides the life of the Akans throughout
all ages. |
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