Bridging the disciplinary divide between ethnomusicology and anthropology, 'Remains of Ritual' explores the critical role of music in African ritual. The book is based on a study of the Brekete/Gorovodu religion of the Ewe people.
"Remains of Ritual, Steven M. Friedson's second book on musical experience in African ritual, focuses on the Brekete/Gorovodu religion of the Ewe people. Friedson presents a multifaceted understanding of religious practice through a historical and ethnographic study of one of th…
Sandra Greene argues convincingly that gender and ethnicity in precolonial Africa can only be understood together. Her book focuses on the history of the Anlo-Ewe of southeastern Ghana over three centuries and demonstrates that the very factors that affected social constructions…
