Tongnaab the history of a West African god

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

Author/creator	Allman, Jean Marie
Other author/creator	Parker, John, 1960-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Bloomington : Indiana University Press,
Description	xi, 300 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Tallensi (African people)--Religion. Tongnaab (African deity)--Cult --History --20th century. Witchcraft--Africa, West --History --20th century. Witchcraft--Africa, West --History --19th century.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-292) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2005010909
ISBN	0253346657 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0253218063 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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