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Aspects of Ewe Culture: An Introduction. Part One

Aspects of Ewe Culture: An Introduction. Part One

Agbemabiese, Padmore

Paperback

General Sociology

ISBN10: 3330044551
ISBN13: 9783330044555
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Published: Mar 3 2017
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Eʋe communities are based either on clan, ethnic descent, or religious affiliations and these equally manifest in the many ways they relate to each other in modern cities. In a typical Eʋe community, the individual cannot exist alone but corporately. He or she owes existence to other people from his or her lineage, including those of past generations and contemporaries. Whatever happens to the individual is believed to affect the lineage, and whatever happens to the whole group affects the individual too. Thus, Eʋes believe that 'the public disgrace of the crocodile is equally the shame of the alligator.' (Elo fe ŋukpea, eve fe ŋukpee wonye). The individual can therefore only say: I am because we are, and since we are, therefore I am. This is a cardinal principle in the understanding of the Eʋe view of humanity. Eʋes share the basic instinct of gregariousness with the rest of humankind. Families and members of kin-groups from minimal to maximal lineages generally live together, to form a community of Eʋes in a locality. To eliminate isolation which tends to beget a sense of loneliness and depression, Eʋes share life intensely in common.

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