One important way to learn more about the Dagara people is through their music and dance. Xylophone and drum music plays a role in most social gatherings. For a taste of the tradition, listen to the following compilation of Degara Bewaa music and watch musicians Bernard Woma and Jerome Balsab perform at the Kukur Bagr festival. There have been a number of studies on Dagara verbal art focusing on xylophonists, drummers, praise singers, folktales, riddles, and proverbs. These studies also discuss rituals and hoe-farming. 

The following references will help you put the Yangangnaa tale into a wider cultural context in a manner that invites some more reflections on the culture beyond the tale itself: 

-Dagara Verbal Art: An African Tradition, by Paschal Kyoore

-Folk Tales of the Dagara: Ghana and Burkina Faso, by Paschal Kyoore

-Hoe-Farming and Social Relations among the Dagara of Northwestern Ghana and Southwestern Burkina Faso, by Alexis B. Tengan 

-“Constructing Dagara Gyil Pedagogy: The Legacy of Bernard Woma,” by Michael Biagio Vercelli  

-African Studies Association of Africa

-African Studies Association