Promised a handsome reward of tobacco and todzihawo Pasato a glib well-travelled man zealously convinces his compatriots to agree to perform Novishi and Kedzeanyi halo 'drums' on board ships at anchor off the shore of Dzita. This is against opposition from a savage, pagan, primitive and backward few. Pasato, however, succeeds. But what gratification does he get from his tireless efforts? Kwakuvi Azasu is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English Education at the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.