Lecture by
Meyer Fortes on Talensi divination
Fortes describes
the benefits (and draw-backs) of using a tape-recorder in the study
of divination among the Talensi of Ghana, and the changes which had
occurred between his first fieldwork in the 1930's and his return
in 1963.
Filmed in Cambridge
in 1982 by the Audio Visual Aids Unit, with the assistance of Stephen
Levinson and organized by Jack Goody. This is a short extract.
Lecture followed
by discussion.