Description
| 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.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 300 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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| Format: | 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. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-292) and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9780253111838
0253111838
1282072749
9781282072749
9786612072741
6612072741 |
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| Language: | English. |
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| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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| Action Note: | digitized |
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