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Hindu gods in West Africa Ghanaian devotees of Shiva and Krishna
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Hindu gods in West Africa [electronic resource] : Ghanaian devotees of Shiva and Krishna / by Albert Kafui Wuaku.
ISBN
9789004244887 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004255715 (e-book)
Published
Boston : Brill, 2013.
Physical Description
x, 324 p., [10] p. of plates : col. ill.
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 18, 2015
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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