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Hindu gods in West Africa : Ghanaian devotees of Shiva and Krishna
Title
Hindu gods in West Africa : Ghanaian devotees of Shiva and Krishna / by Albert Kafui Wuaku.
ISBN
9789004244887 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004244883 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004255715 (e-book)
9004255710 (e-book)
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Physical Description
324 pages, 10 pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 20, 2013
Series
Studies of religion in Africa, v. 42
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Ghana's Hindu religious landscape
The Hindu monastery of Africa
Domesticating Shiva worship in Ghana: rituals of the Hindu monastery of Africa
The Sri Radha-Govinda temple tradition
"Hinduizing" from the "top," indigenizing from "below": Krishna devotion in Ghana
Spreading Krishna and Shiva worship in Ghana
Why we became Hindus: conversion narratives.
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