In my time of dying: a history of death and the dead in West Africa

Parker, John

doi:10.1515/9780691214900

In my time of dying: a history of death and the dead in West Africa

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Cultural Encounter -- 2 Body, Soul and Person -- 3 Speaking of Death -- 4 Grief and Mourning -- 5 Gold, Wealth and Burial -- 6 Faces of the Dead -- 7 The Severed Head -- 8 Slaves -- 9 Human Sacrifice -- 10 Pois...

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Main Author:	Parker, John 1960- (Author)
Format:	Electronic Book
Language:	English
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Published:	Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press [2021]
In:	Year: 2021
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:	B Africa / Ghana / Death / Dying / Funeral / Grief / Mourning rites / History 1600-2000 B Girard, René 1923-2015
Further subjects:	B Social History / HISTORY B Deity B immolation B West / Africa / HISTORY B SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social B inheritance B Death (Africa, West) History B Funeral rites and ceremonies (Africa, West) B African funerals B Akyem B graveyard B Accra B In Death B Mourner B Deathbed B burial B Narrative B funerary B Cemetery B Ghanaian history B grief B Gold Coast B death duties B angry ghosts B Adinkra B dishonorable dead B mourning B Africa / Generals / HISTORY B king of Gyaman B curation of human crania B Funeral B Basel Mission B Capital Punishment B Birifu B funerary culture B Death B Akwamu B Death & Dying / SOCIAL SCIENCE B grave good B Slavery B Thomas Laqueur B mortuary exchange B cemeteries B Military campaign B Eric Seeman B Vincent Brown B testaments B Katherine Verdery B gold B Coffin B African history B sculptures of the dead B funerals B house burial B human sacrifice B Asante B wills B burials B mortuary B poison B Sociology / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Generals B Gandah B poisonings B Akan B Christianity B Kumasi B Abusua B Death (Africa, West) Religious aspects B The Reaper’s Garden B servitude and death B Modernity B West Africa B Cape Coast B Golden Stool B Writing B Ga B Indication (medicine) B Wealth
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