Tongnaab : the history of a West African god / Jean Allman and John Parker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allman, Jean Marie.

Contributor:

Parker, John, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tallensi (African people)--Religion.

Tallensi (African people).

Tongnaab (African deity)--Cult--History--20th century.

Tongnaab (African deity).

Witchcraft--Africa, West--History--20th century.

Witchcraft.

Witchcraft--Africa, West--History--19th century.

History.

Cults.

West Africa.

Physical Description:

xi, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2005]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-292) and index.

ISBN:

0253346657

0253218063

OCLC:

60245848