THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF TRADITIONAL GRIEVING PROCESSES: DIRGE PERFORMANCE AND HEALING AMONG THE DAGAABA

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dc.contributor.advisorMichaela Hynie
dc.contributor.authorDelimwini Kuwabong
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T11:15:45Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T11:15:45Z
dc.date.copyright2024-09-06
dc.date.issued2024-11-07
dc.date.updated2024-11-07T11:15:44Z
dc.degree.disciplineInterdisciplinary Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThe Dagaaba are an ethnic group found on both sides of the Black Volta in the Upper West Region of Ghana and Burkina Faso. Like many West African communities, funerals are extremely important in the culture for the ritual performance of mourning. One of the key rituals performed is funeral dirges that are sung and played on the xylophone simultaneously. Each varies depending on the sex, gender, and social status of the deceased. However, these dirges target the living more than the dead. Transcribed and translated verses within this category were analyzed within the Dagaaba cosmology and using ethnopoetics and theories of grief, mourning, and attachment. These sociological, psychological, literary, and musical elements, when synthesized, paint a picture of the Dagaaba funeral dirge as a method of promoting not only individual consolation, but also the reaffirmation of bonds among and within communities.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/42494
dc.languageen
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dc.subjectAfrican studies
dc.subjectSocial psychology
dc.subjectCultural anthropology
dc.subject.keywordsDagaaba
dc.subject.keywordsDagara
dc.subject.keywordsxylophone
dc.subject.keywordsgyile
dc.subject.keywordsGhana
dc.subject.keywordsUpper West Region
dc.subject.keywordsfuneral dirge performance
dc.subject.keywordsdirge performance
dc.subject.keywordsdirges
dc.subject.keywordselegy
dc.subject.keywordsgrief
dc.subject.keywordsmourning
dc.subject.keywordsAfrican psychology
dc.subject.keywordsnorthern Ghana
dc.subject.keywordsethnomusicology
dc.subject.keywordsverbal art
dc.subject.keywordsDagaare
dc.subject.keywordsfuneral ritual
dc.subject.keywordsdeath
dc.subject.keywordscollective emotion
dc.subject.keywordsgrief performance
dc.subject.keywordsfuneral
dc.titleTHE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF TRADITIONAL GRIEVING PROCESSES: DIRGE PERFORMANCE AND HEALING AMONG THE DAGAABA
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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