The mad man of Bolga
Subtitle: (a play)
By: by G. A. Agambila
Publisher: G. A. Agambila
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Legon, Ghana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9781523804931
Copyright date: 2015
Description: "There is a custom among the Gurunsi ("Frafra") people of the Upper East Region of Ghana to bind insance relatives so hat they are kept at home. The individuals who bind them are reputed to have a power to render even the violently insance so malleable that they can be fettered without any resistance. It is the relatives of the insance who can call upon such services. This play is a narration of the experience of such bound 'mad man'"--Back cover.
Notes: "First performed at the Arts Center, Center for National Cultures, Accra, Ghana ..."