ABSTRACT
In Kopeyia, a small Keta District Ewe village in southeast Ghana, meaning and the concept of social truth itself is increasingly defined not just through time, place, and circumstance, but by an ever more comprehensive and intricate interweaving of West African and Western ideology and economy. The Ewe people number approximately one million and are found throughout southeastern Ghana, southern Togo, and southwestern Benin. Kopeyia is the home of Ewe master drummer, dancer, and choreographer Godwin Agbeli, who claims to have inherited his talent with the spirit of his paternal great-grandfather, Adedi. Agbeli has made a career of teaching and promoting traditional Ewe music. The chapter consists of a straightforward description of one particular juju event. According to Agbeli, he was not the victim of juju. The entire event was simply an elaborately staged attempt to secure money. Agbeli stated that while juju was once a powerful force, it no longer works in Kopeyia.
