Editor's

ii

Notes on Contributors 

iv

Aspects of Akan Oral Literature in the Media

Kofi Agyekum  

1

Communicating Nominatum: Some Social Aspects of Bono Personal Names

Kwasi Ansu-Kyeremeh  

19

Social Roles of Riddles, with Reference to Kasena Society

A.K. Awedoba  

35

Personal Names of the Dagomba

M.E. Kropp Dakubu  

53

Book Review: A.K. Awedoba, An Introduction to Kasena Society and Culture

through their Proverbs.

Christiane Owusu-Sarpong  

67

Editor's Note:

This issue of the Research Review contains papers on the general theme

of language. Volume 17 will consist of a double issue on Globalisation

and Changes in the Cultures of Survival and Care.