Spirit children : illness, poverty, and infanticide in northern Ghana / Aaron R. Denham.
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TextSeries: Africa and the diasporaPublisher: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 217 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780299311230
- 0299311236
- Infanticide -- Ghana
- Children -- Ghana -- Death -- Religious aspects
- Frafra (African people) -- Ghana -- Religion
- Frafra (African people) -- Ghana -- Social life and customs
- Frafra (African people) -- Ghana -- Social conditions
- Infanticide -- Ghāna
- Enfants -- Ghāna -- Mort -- Aspect religieux
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology
- Children -- Death -- Religious aspects
- Infanticide
- Ghana
- 364.152/308309667 23
- DT510.43.F73 D464 2017
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Contextualizing Infanticide and Northern Ghana; 2. For the House; 3. For the Bush; 4. Spirit Child Behavior and Causation; 5. Detection and Decision-Making; 6. Concoctions and Concoction Men: Treating Spirit Children; 7. Causing Death and Prolonging Lives; 8. Why Infanticide?: Sentiments and the Dynamics of Choice; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.
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