| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 300 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| 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 |
| Summary |
In Tongnaab, Jean Allman and John Parker challenge the distinction between tradition and modernity by tracing the movement and mutation of the powerful Talensi god and ancestor shrine, Tongnaab, from the savanna of northern Ghana through the forests and central plains of the south. Using a wide range of written, oral, and iconographic sources, the authors uncover the historical dynamics of cross-cultural religious belief and practice. This rich and original book shows that indigenous religion has been at the center of dramatic social and economic changes stretching from the slave trade to th |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-292) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Tallensi (African people) -- Religion
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Tongnaab (African deity) -- Cult -- History -- 20th century
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Witchcraft -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th century
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Witchcraft -- Africa, West -- History -- 19th century
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RELIGION -- Ethnic & Tribal.
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Tallensi (African people) -- Religion
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Witchcraft
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Goden.
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Hekserij.
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Tallensi.
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West Africa
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Parker, John, 1960-
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| ISBN |
9780253111838 |
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0253111838 |
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1282072749 |
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9781282072749 |
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9786612072741 |
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6612072741 |
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