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Desmond Ayim-Aboagye

1 paper in the library · 2 citations · publishing 1996

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Art, Music and Religious Experience in Libation Pouring of Akan Religion

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis 1996 Desmond Ayim-Aboagye 2 citations

The Akans of Ghana are traditionally accustomed to celebrating different rituals which are enshrined in their cultural life. Libation pouring, which accompanies the celebration of great rituals, amidst the subsidence of the sound of music and dance, can display a special art in religion. The primary objective of this paper is to examine libation as a ritual experience, and in so doing to draw...