Includes bibliographical references.

The Dagaaba of Ghana -- The cultural relevance of myth: a reader-response analysis of the Bagre myth with reference to the role and place of women in the Dagaaba society -- African art and persuasion: the rhetoric of the bera among the Dagaaba of Ghana -- Consolatory rhetoric: persuasion in Dagaaba funeral rituals and symbolic action -- Dismantling fear and establishing ethos: missionary activity as persuasion -- Breaking the silence on domestic violence: communication for development in northwestern Ghana -- Liberating the "mistress" in Africa: the prophetic role of development communication.

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