Ruptures, Junctures, and Difference

Abstract

Royal rituals and festivities are vibrant sites of cultural continuity among the Ewe of Ghana. The rituals exhibit elements of hyperreal, sonic, and sacred/secular sensibilities that frame performance and embodied affectivity. The royal event complex engages the multisensory, the carnivalesque and interstices of the sacred/secular in Ewe spirituality and religious outlook.

Keywords

• sonic affectivity
• sacred-secular continuum
• multisensory
• contestations
• ewe performance