Slavery in memory : a study of the religious practices of the Anglo-Ewe

This thesis focuses on the manner in which the memory of the slave-holding past is kept alive by the Anlo-Ewe of south-eastern Ghana. A religious cult, called Fofie or Krachi Dente, serves as the platform through which the Anlo-Ewe engage with the aftermath of slave-holding: association with the cul...

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Main Author: Venkatachalam, Meera
Published: SOAS, University of London 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.445008