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Author: Jean Allman
Published Date: 01 Dec 2005
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Language: English
Format: Paperback::320 pages
ISBN10: 0253218063
ISBN13: 9780253218063
Publication City/Country: Bloomington, IN, United States
Dimension: 152x 229x 23.37mm::467.2g
Download: Tongnaab : The History of a West African God
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Allman was at the right place. Northwestern has one of the oldest and most distinguished African studies programs in the country. Tongnaab - The History of a West African God (Hardcover) / Author: Jean Allman / Author: John Parker;9780253346650;Area / regional studies, Interdisciplinary studies, Reference & Interdisciplinary, Books Tongnaab: The History of a West African God. Jean Allman. 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 the tourist trade. Indiana University Press;Quick Links. John Parker teaches African history at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He specializes in the history of Ghana and is the author of Making the Town: Ga State and Society in Early Colonial Accra (2000) and (with Jean Allman) Tongnaab: The History of a West African God (2005). He is currently researching a book on the history of death and burial in Ghana. The Oxford Handbook of Modern African History represents an invaluable tool for historians and others in the field of African studies. This collection of essays, produced some of the finest scholars currently working in the field, provides the latest insights into, and interpretations of, the history of Africa - a continent with a rich and complex past. For many Africanist historians, traditional religion is simply a starting point for measuring the historic impact of Christianity and Islam. In Tongnaab, Jean Allman and John Parker challenge the distinction between tradition and modernity tracing the movement and mutation of the powerful Talensi god and ancestor shrine, Tongnaab, from the savanna of northern Ghana through the forests and View books Jean Allman on LoveReading, the UK's number one book recommendation website. Becoming a member of the LoveReading community is free. 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