Title Spirit children : illness, poverty, and infanticide in northern Ghana / Aaron R. Denham

Published Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2017] ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 217 pages) : illustrations Series Africa and the diaspora: history, politics, culture Africa and the diaspora. Contents List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Contextualizing Infanticide and Northern Ghana; 2. For the House; 3. For the Bush; 4. Spirit Child Behavior and Causation; 5. Detection and Decision-Making; 6. Concoctions and Concoction Men: Treating Spirit Children; 7. Causing Death and Prolonging Lives; 8. Why Infanticide?: Sentiments and the Dynamics of Choice; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Infanticide -- Ghana Children -- Ghana -- Death -- Religious aspects Frafra (African people) -- Ghana -- Religion Frafra (African people) -- Ghana -- Social life and customs Frafra (African people) -- Ghana -- Social conditions SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology. Children -- Death -- Religious aspects Infanticide Ghana Form Electronic book ISBN 9780299311230 0299311236

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