The Sokodae: a West African Dance: ISF Monograph 7
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The Sokodae - Drid Williams
The Sokodae: A West African Dance
ISF MONOGRAPH SERIES NO. 7
Drid Williams
THE SOKODAE: A WEST AFRICAN DANCE
Drid Williams
MONOGRAPH SERIES NO. 7
The Institute for Cultural Research
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The Sokodae: A West African Dance
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About the Author
About ISF
About Idries Shah
About ISF Monographs
ISF Monographs
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This monograph is based on the text of a lecture delivered under the aegis of the Institute for Cultural Research. Original material collected during 3 1/2 years’ study in Ghana.
The Sokodae: A West African Dance
The complexity, richness and diversity of today’s world, plus an unprecedented fund of available information in every field of human endeavour, produces fascinating areas of study, particularly in the social and behavioural sciences. The study of Dance, one very small and specialised facet of potential research in social anthropology, has unique attractions, advantages and disadvantages. Some of the latter are connected with the fact that in Western societies, ‘the dance’ has been classified not as an object of research but primarily as entertainment or as a means towards aesthetic enjoyment. These classifications, of course, have not always reflected the attitudes of specialists. Over forty years ago, Prof E.E. Evans-Pritchard pointed out that
In ethnological accounts the dance is usually given a place quite unworthy of its social importance. It is often viewed as an independent activity and is described without reference to its contextual setting in native life. Such treatment leaves out many problems as to the composition and organisation of the dance and hides from view its sociological function. ¹
In so doing, he indicated a core