A Drummer's Testament

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I-12:  Drummers and Other Musicians of Dagbon



I-16:  The Praise Name Dances and the Benefits of Music



I-18:  Baamaaya, Jɛra, Yori, Bila, and Other Dances of Dagbon

I-19:  Takai and Tɔra

I-20:  Funerals

Dikala

I-22:  How Children Are Trained in Drumming and Singing

Dakoli n-nyɛ bia

I-23:  Traveling and Learning the Dances of Other Tribes

II-9:  Samban' luŋa, the Drum History

II-16:  The Fire Festival

II-17:  The Damba Festival

III-14:  How Children Live When They Are Young

III-17:  How Dagbamba Marry

III-22:  The Work Women Do in a House and How They Help One Another

Women singing while pounding the floor of a compound