Tongnaab : the history of a West African god /

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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 rang...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Allman, Jean Marie
Otros Autores: Parker, John, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2005.
Temas:
1800 - 1999
Tallensi (African people) > Religion.
Tongnaab (African deity) > Cult > History > 20th century.
Witchcraft > Africa, West > History > 20th century.
Witchcraft > Africa, West > History > 19th century.
Tallensi (Peuple d'Afrique) > Religion.
Sorcellerie > Afrique occidentale > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Sorcellerie > Afrique occidentale > Histoire > 19e siècle.
RELIGION > Ethnic & Tribal.
Tallensi (African people) > Religion
Witchcraft
Goden.
Hekserij.
Tallensi.
West Africa
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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