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    The Sokodae: a West African Dance: ISF Monograph 7
    The Sokodae: a West African Dance: ISF Monograph 7
    The Sokodae: a West African Dance: ISF Monograph 7
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    The Sokodae: a West African Dance: ISF Monograph 7

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    For more than thirty years, The Institute for Cultural Research (ICR) led the field in stimulating debate and examining ideas within the humanities. Among the Institute's active followers was J. D. Salinger, Robert Graves, Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing, and many others from all walks of life._x000D_
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    During its long and distinguished service, ICR published dozens of papers on cultural and cross-cultural themes. Written by scientists, scholars, novelists, musicians, and an array of others, these papers formed a unique resource that is as relevant today as it was decades ago._x000D_
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    In the years since ICR ceased formal activities, The Idries Shah Foundation has continued the spirit of its work, and have republished the full range of original monographs.
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    PublisherISF Publishing
    Release dateMay 1, 2020
    ISBN9781784798901
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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

      Copyright The Estate of Idries Shah

      The right of the Estate of Idries Shah to be identified as the owner of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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      ISBN 978-1-78479-407-1 MOBI

      ISBN 978-1-78479-890-1 EPUB

      First Published 1970

      Published in this edition 2020

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      Contents

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      The Sokodae: A West African Dance

      Notes

      About the Author

      About ISF

      About Idries Shah

      About ISF Monographs

      ISF Monographs

      Note

      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

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