Proverbs and stylistic devices of Akwasi Ampofo Agyei’s Akan highlife lyrics

This paper examines the stylistic features and proverbs in ɔba nyansafo wɔbu no bɛ na wɔnka no asɛm, ‘A wise child is spoken to in proverbs’ a popular Ghanaian highlife song by the late Akwasi Ampofo Agyei. This is an area which is still grey in the study of highlife music. The paper basically adopt...

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Main Authors: Kofi Agyekum, Joshua Amuah, Adwoa Arhine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ghana 2020-12-01
Series:Legon Journal of the Humanities
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Online Access:https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ljh/article/view/202493