Speaking for the chief: okyeame and the politics of Akan royal oratory

Abstract

Acknowledgments Prologue 1. Introduction 2. Okyeame: A Theoretical Framework 3. Mediation: The Evolution of Royal Diplomacy 4. Oratory in Akan Society 5. Women and Rhetoric 6. Orator and Chief: The Politics of Immunity 7. oListening So The Chief May HearO: The Circuit of Formal Talk 8. Interpreting the ChiefOs Word 9. Without His PatronOs Voice Epilogue: The KingOs Exit Glossary of Akan Words Bibliography Index