30.

PROJECT REPORTS

COLLECTION  OF  ORAL  TRADITIONS

(Cont.  from  'Research  Review'  Vol.3,  No.1  page 40)

Further  oral  traditions  have  been  collected by  Mr.  E.Y.  Adua-
mah,  Research Assistant-.  His  collections  catalogued  under  the general
title  'Ewe  Traditions'  are  as  follows:-

ET  (7)
ET  (8)
ET  (9)
ET  (10)
ET  (11)
ET  (12)
ET  (13)
ET  (U)
ET  (15)
-ET  (16)
ET  (17)
ET  (18)
ET (19)

Tongu  General
Vume  (Tongu)  Traditions
Volo  (Tongu)  Traditions
Mefe,  Battor,  and Bakpa  (Tongu)  Tradition*
Fievie  (Tongu)  Traditions
Tefle  and Sokpoe  (Tongu)  Traditions
A  Funeral  at  Ada
Dofor  (Tongu)  Traditions
Mafi  (Tongu)  Traditions
Adaklu  Traditions
Have  Traditions
Kpando  Traditions
Election  and  Installation  of a  Chief

N  .&•  ET 7,  13,  and  19 consist  of  Mr.  Aduamah's  own  eyewitness
accounts  rather  than oral  traditions  of  the  communities  concerned.
ET 7 describes  the geography  of  Tongu and  the occupations  of  its
inhabitants.  ET  13 describes  the  funeral  ceremony  held  last  year
(1966)  by  the  Tongus for  the  late  Amuakoto  II  of Ada and  throws
light  on  the Ada-Tongu  relations.  ET  19 is an account  of  the  I n-
stallation  ceremonies  for  chiefs  which  he witnessed at  Kpando and
Wusuta.