Allman, Jean Marie,

Tongnaab : the history of a West African god / Jean Allman and John Parker. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, (c)2005. - xi, 300 pages : illistrations, maps ; 24 cm.



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.



9780253346650 9780253218063

2005010909

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013337383 Uk


Tallensi (African people)--Religion.
Tongnaab (African deity)--Cult--History--20th century.
Witchcraft--History--Africa, West--20th century.
Witchcraft--History--Africa, West--19th century.

BL2480 / .T664 2005 BL2480