Tongnaab : the history of a West African god - Allman, Jean Marie; Parker, John, 1960- (Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2005)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-292) and index.
Keywords: Tallensi (African people) -- Religion; Tongnaab (African deity) -- Cult -- History -- 20th century; Witchcraft -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th century; Witchcraft -- Africa, West -- History -- 19th century