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

By: Allman, Jean MarieContributor(s): Parker, John, 1960- | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005Description: xi, 300 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): Tallensi (African people) -- Religion | Tongnaab (African deity) -- Cult -- History -- 20th century | Witchcraft -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th century | Witchcraft -- Africa, West -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 299.6/835 LOC classification: BL2480.T3 | A45 2005Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-292) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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