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Ga Narrators and Narratives
Gbi ko le dzee Tfei Anaanu no eya pmo mli.
Beni eyaa eya nina akpokplopto ni akpokplopto le
hoi lamo ake “sane sumoo gbomo fi gbomo sumoo
sane. ” Nohewo ni Tfie Anaanu wo akpokploptoe
ni eke le ba fia. Ni etee eya kee ye maptfewe akefi
eyana akpokplopto ko ni laa. Nohewo atfe marjbii
le fee koni ame bakpefi koni eha akpokplorjto ala.
Nohewo ni maptfe kee le akefi ke akpokploptoe
laa te afee le tee. Ni ekee koni agbele. Nohewo ni
maptfe ha atfwa popo ni mofeemo ba. Ni Tfie
Anaanu yawo akpokplopto le ke ba ni ake
akpokplopto le bamafi. Hi Tfie Anaanu bakee
akpokplopto ake “la. ” Hi elaa. Ekeele aahu fi elaa.
Nohewo ni maptfe le kee “Ona akefi olakami.
Nohewo le wobaagbe bo wotfe.” Nohewo ni
maptfe ha amo Tfie Anaanu. Ni agbele. Ni agbele
noppe keke ni akpokplopto le boi lamu ake “sane
sumoo gbomo fi gbomo sumoo sane.” Ni ela
aahu.
Ke mina ekome mi ke tfere nye toi asee.
Abstract. - This paper explores relations between
narrator and text in three sets of Ga tales from southeastern
Ghana. Aspects of the narrator’s social status and personal
taste are related to pivotal relationships, themes, and extra
ordinary features of tales. [West Africa, Ghana, Ga, Oral
literature, Content analysis, Narrator’s status]
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