Fires of gold: law, spirit, and sacrificial labor in Ghana

"Fires of Gold is a powerful ethnography of the often shrouded cultural, legal, political, and spiritual forces governing the gold mining industry in Ghana, one of Africa's most celebrated democracies. Lauren Coyle Rosen argues that significant sources of power have arisen outside of the f...

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Published in:Atelier
Main Author: Coyle, Lauren (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oakland, California University of Californiarnia Press [2020]
In: Atelier (4)
Year: 2020
Series/Journal:Atelier 4
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ghana / Legal system / Belief in spirits / Gold mines and mining / Small Business / Underground economy / Contention / Gold mines and mining
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
XA Law
Further subjects:B Gold mines and mining Political aspects (Ghana)
B Ethnology (Ghana) Religious aspects
B Gold mines and mining (Ghana) Religious aspects
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