In this fragment Dr. Datey-Kumodzie recollects the
historical migration of the Ewes and offers songs
related to the festival. The organization of the
Hogbetsotso festival is presented and interpreted as
well as the dance and song enacting the migration
storiesThe Verba Africana series publishes video recording of African verbal arts on
CDRom's, DVD’s and the Internet. This series responds to the increasing need for
new electronic tools that integrate the written and audio-visual materials for
research, teaching and learning of African languages and oral literatures. The video
recording of oral genres, such as poems, songs and tales, is integrated into the
presentation of relevant aspects (language, form, content, performance, literary,
social and historical context). The videos and the accompanying material (short
information and full articles) allow researchers and the interested public to
approach oral literary productions as ‘total event’.NWO, The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Researc
