Witchcraft, Witches, and Violence in Ghana / / Mensah Adinkrah.
Witchcraft violence is a feature of many contemporary African societies. In Ghana, belief in witchcraft and the malignant activities of putative witches is prevalent. Purported witches are blamed for all manner of adversities including inexplicable illnesses and untimely deaths. As in other historic...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION Witchcraft Violence in Comparative Perspective
- Chapter 1 GHANA The Research Setting
- Chapter 2 WITCHCRAFT BELIEFS IN GHANA
- Chapter 3 SOCIALIZATION INTO WITCHCRAFT BELIEFS
- Chapter 4 WITCHCRAFT THEMES IN POPULAR GHANAIAN MUSIC
- Chapter 5 WITCHCRAFT IMAGERY IN AKAN PROVERBS
- Chapter 6 WITCHCRAFT TRIALS IN GHANAIAN COURTS
- Chapter 7 WITCH KILLINGS
- Chapter 8 NONLETHAL TREATMENT OF ALLEGED WITCHES
- Chapter 9 GENDERED VICTIMIZATION Patriarchy, Misogyny, and Gynophobia
- Conclusion CURBING WITCHCRAFT-RELATED VIOLENCE IN GHANA
- GLOSSARY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Index