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1 online resource (xi, 300 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-292) and index. |
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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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| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tallensi (African people) -- Religion.
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Tallensi (African people) -- Religion. |
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Tallensi (African people) |
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Tongnaab (African deity) -- Cult -- History -- 20th century.
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Tongnaab (African deity) |
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Cults. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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Witchcraft -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th century.
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Witchcraft. |
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West Africa. |
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Witchcraft -- Africa, West -- History -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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1800 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Parker, John, 1960-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Allman, Jean Marie. Tongnaab. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2005 (DLC) 2005010909 (OCoLC)60245848 |
| ISBN |
9780253111838 |
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0253111838 |
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0253346657 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780253346650 cloth alkaline paper |
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0253218063 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780253218063 paperback alkaline paper |
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1282072749 |
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9781282072749 |
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