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Lododo

Ewe · Ewe / Volta Region, Ghana; southern Togo · Oral Literature

Lododo is the act of telling or citing a proverb (lo), from the phrase ɖo lo, 'to say or apply a proverb, parable or saying'. Westermann glosses lo as 'parable, proverb, maxim' and lododo as proverbial speech, a proverb or parable.

Lododo is a valued skill in formal speech and arbitration.

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