Tongnaab - The History of a West African God

Informationen zum Autor Jean Allman, John Parker Klappentext 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 the tourist trade. Zusammenfassung Traces the movement and mutation of the powerful Talensi god and ancestor shrine, Tongnaab, from the savanna of northern Ghana through the forests and coastal plains of the south. This title shows how Tongnaab has been intertwined with many themes and events in West African history including the slave trade and colonial conquest and rule. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Tongnaab and the Talensi in the History of the Middle Volta Savanna 2. Gods and Guns, Rituals and Rule, 1911?28 3. "Watch Over Me": Witchcraft and Anti-witchcraft Movements in Ghanaian History, 1870s?20s 4. From Savanna to Forest: Nana Tongo and Ritual Commerce in the World of Cash and Cocoa 5. Tongnaab, Meyer Fortes, and the Making of Colonial Taleland, 1928?45 6. Tongnaab and the Dynamics of History among the Talensi Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Jean Allman, Jean Marie Allman, Jean Marie/ Parker Allman, Jean Parker Allman, Allman Jean, John Parker, Parker John
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.11.2005
• EAN: 9780253218063
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21806-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)