The Kundum Festival in Ghana: Ritual Interaction with the Nonhuman among the Akan

During the Kundum festival in Ghana, people ritually express their wishes for productive farming and fishing seasons, social progress, spiritual protection, and a healthy natural environment, bringing into play the nonhumans expected to uphold or oppose these objectives. This article contributes to...

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Main Author: Etikpah, Samuel Edukubile (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The Pennsylvania State University Press [2015]
In: Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2015, Volume: 3, Issue: 4, Pages: 343-396
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ghana (Südwest) / Akan / Kundum / Ritual / Interaction / Supernatural being
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BB Indigenous religions
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
NBH Angelology; demonology
RC Liturgy
Further subjects:B Kundum
B Akan
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