ISBN:
0253218063
,
0253346657
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 300 S
,
Ill., Kt
,
24cm
Series Statement:
African studies/history
DDC:
299.6/835
Keywords:
Tallensi (African people) Religion
;
Tongnaab (African deity) Cult 20th century
;
History
;
Witchcraft History 20th century
;
Witchcraft History 19th century
;
Westafrika
;
Talensi
;
Religion
;
Hexerei
;
Gott
;
Geschichte
Description / Table of Contents:
Tongnaab and the Talensi in the history of the Middle Volta savanna -- Gods and guns, rituals and rule, 1911-1928 -- "Watch over me" : witchcraft and anti-witchcraft movements in Ghanaian history, 1870s-1920s -- From savanna to forest : Nana Tongo and ritual commerce in the world of cash and cocoa -- Tongnaab, Meyer Fortes, and the making of colonial Taleland, 1928-1945 -- Tongnaab and the dynamics of history among the Talensi
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-292) and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0f3v6-aa
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