In this fragment Dr. Datey-Kumodzie performs a
number of songs related to the Hogbetsotso festival
and Ewe migration stories. The songs are translated
by Dr. Datey-Kumodzie in the interview, according
to his thesis and his manuscript Hu-Yehweh, The
Eternal Wisdom of Africa.The 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
