Literature on Bulsa Culture


In every edition of Buluk we are going to issue a list of books and papers on the Bulsa and their culture. We are starting with publications and unpublished manuscripts written by Bulsa. As finding the titles of unpublished books and examination-papers seems to be very difficult, the following bibliography is certainly incomplete. So we ask all readers who know about any more works to send us the complete title (with author, place, year etc.). We will publish the supplement in our next edition of Buluk. It would be recommended to send us also a copy of the manuscript or typescript (or allow us to make a copy) so that the results of intensive research and hard work may become known and useful for others.

Agalic, James

1978 Story-Telling among the Bulsa of Northern Ghana, Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 103, 2, pp. 261-278.

1981 Sacrifice in Bulsa Traditional Religion, Dep. of Religious Studies, University of Cape Coast. (B.A. examination paper; unpublished typescript, 104 pages)

1983 Buli Yam Saka Wamagisima. Proverbs of the Bulsa, Institute of African Studies, Legon.

1983 Buli Sunsuelima (Yam Saka Sunsuelima), Institute of African Studies, Legon (twelve Bulsa stories written in Buli).

1988 Bulsa Traditional Religion and Moral Values as Portrayed in Stories, Thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of philosophy in African studies, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon (M.A. examination paper, 197 pages, unpublished typescript, data from publications and personal interviews).

Agyenta, Alfred

n.d. (1987?) Bulsa Ancestor Cult in the Light of the Gospel, Wiaga (examination-paper).

Ajala Anankabil

1992 Vom Gebläse zum Amboß. Wie ich Schmiedemeister wurde, (translated and revised by F. Kröger und Danlardy Amoak Leander), in: Zwei Eisen im Feuer. Schmieden im Kulturvergleich, ed. E. Tietmeyer, Münster, pp. 33-37 (Biography of a Bulsa blacksmith told by Ajala from Wiaga-Chiok).

Akankyalabey, Pauline F.

1984 A History of the Builsa People, Department of History, University of Ghana, Legon (B.A. examination paper, 76 pages; data from publications and personal interviews).

Akanlig-Pare, George

1988 Towards a Phonological Study of Tone in the Wiani Dialect of Buli, Department of Linguistics, University of Ghana, Legon (B.A. examination paper, 59 pages; holds that Buli has only two different tonal heights).

1994 Aspects of Buli Phonology. Legon: University of Ghana [manuscript]

1997 Tonal Structure of Buli Phonological Nouns, Gur Papers, no. 2, pp.63-67.

Amoak, Leander

1982? Buli Gbangsa Sita, Ghana Education Service, Sandema (manuscript of a textbook for schools).

Arnheim, Margaret Bawa Lariba

1979 Daam dika - The Brewing of Millet Beer [unpublished manuscript].

Asekabta, Robert (ed.)

1973ff. Builsa Herald, Catholic Mission Printing Press, Wiaga [the first Bulsa journal?].

Asianab Afoko, Francis

1970 The Ayietas. (67 pages typescript; history of the Sandema Chief's family; one copy in possession of R. Schott)

Awen, Agnes and Ulrike Blanc

1997 Asibis Geschichte - Leben in einem kleinen Dorf im Norden Ghanas. In: U.Bertels, S. Eylert und C. Lütkes (Hg.): Mutterbruder und Kreuzcousine. Einblicke in das Famlilienleben fremder Kulturen. Münster, New York, München, Berlin. pp. 85-109 [Asibi's story - Life in a small village in Northern Ghana].

Awen, Gosper und Ulrike Blanc

1997 Ansichten über Familie in Ghana und Deutschland. In: U.Bertels, S. Eylert und C. Lütkes (Hg.): Mutterbruder und Kreuzcousine. Einblicke in das Famlilienleben fremder Kulturen. Münster, New York, München, Berlin. pp. 128-135 [Views about "family" in Ghana and Germany].

Ayaric, Ghanatta

1992 Oral Literature in Africa: A Study of the Types, Characteristics and Functions of the Oral Literature of the Bulsa of Northern Ghana, University of Bremen (unpublished examination paper, 140 pages).

Azantinlow, John

n.d. Collection of stories and other material in Buli (approx. 400 pages, unpublished; photocopies with R. Schott).