TY - BOOK AU - Allman,Jean Marie AU - Parker,John TI - Tongnaab: the history of a West African god SN - 0253346657 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - BL2480.T3 A45 2005 U1 - 299.6/835 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Bloomington PB - Indiana University Press KW - Tallensi (African people) KW - Religion KW - Tongnaab (African deity) KW - Cult KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Witchcraft KW - Africa, West KW - 19th century N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0511/2005010909.html UR - http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0f3v6-aa ER -