God, Shrines, and Problem-solving among the Anufo of Northern Ghana

Jon P. Kirby (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

1986
Academia (Verlag)
978-3-88345-385-9 (ISBN)

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The book deals with the Anufo in North Ghana, especially with their religious world, the spirits and their altars, oracles and divination, Nyeme, the power of fate, and with the nature of divinity. Thus the author develops a theme which Meyer Fortes has already investigated in his work with the Tallensi: the relationship between fate and person, and the role of religion as a way of solving certain problems. Among the Nalori Anufo, fate (Nyeme) cannot be understood apart from society or personality structure. For this very reason social and personal structures are of great importance. If a problem defies solution by ordinary means, an appeal is made to the High God to take the fate of the individual in hand. This process enables them to expand their social norms on the new foundation which the innovating action of the individual has laid.

Reihe/Serie	Collectanea Instituti Anthropos ; 34
Zusatzinfo	42 Fotos, 4 Zeichn., 2 Ktn
Verlagsort	Sankt Augustin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 240 mm
Gewicht	689 g
Einbandart	Paperback
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Völkerkunde (Naturvölker)
Schlagworte	Anthropologie • Ethnologie • Ghana • God • God, Shrines, NorthernGhana • Shrines
ISBN-10	3-88345-385-4 / 3883453854
ISBN-13	978-3-88345-385-9 / 9783883453859
Zustand	Neuware