Author: A. A. AntiPublisher:
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Category : Ashanti
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Akwamu, Denkyira, Akuapem, and Ashanti in the Lives of Osei Tutu and Okomfo Anokye
Author: A. A. AntiHuman Sacrifice and the Supernatural in African History
Author: Mbogoni, Lawrence E.Y.Publisher: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers
ISBN: 9987082424
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Since time immemorial, human beings the world over have sought answers to the vexing questions of their origins, sickness, death and after death; the meaning of natural phenomena such as earthquakes, eclipses of the sun and moon, birth of twins etc. and how to protect themselves from such mysterious events. They invented God and gods and the occult sciences (witch craft, divination and soothsaying) in order to seek the protection of supernatural powers while individuals used them to gain power to dominate others and to accumulate wealth. Human sacrifice was one way in which they sought to expiate the gods for what they believed were punishments for their transgressions. One example, the Ghana Asante Kingdom's very origins are associated with human sacrifice. On the eve of war against Denkyira, individuals volunteered themselves to be sacrificed in order to guarantee victory. Later, human sacrifice in Asante was mainly politically motivated as kings and religious leaders offered human sacrifice in remembrance of their ancestral spirits and to seek their protection against their enemies. The Asante Kingdom is one of several examples included in this study of human sacrifice and ritual killing on the African continent. Case studies include practices in Sierra Leone, Tanzania (Mainland), Zanzibar, Uganda and Swaziland. Advertisements relating to the occult was a common feature of Drum magazine, the popular South African magazine in Southern, Eastern and Central Africa in late years of colonial and early years of postcolonial periods, indicating a wide belief in these practices among the people in these countries? Each case examined is introduced by an expose of folklore that puts in perspective beliefs in the supernatural and how folklore continues to perpetuate them. Through careful study of these select cases, this book highlights general features of human sacrifice which recur with striking uniformity in all parts of sub Saharan Africa, and why they persist until today. He draws upon extensive written sources to expose these practices in other cultures including those in Western societies.
The Ashanti and the Gonja at War
Author: J. A. BraimahPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ashanti
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Esoteric Significance of the Asante Nation
Author: Emmanuel Kingsley BraffiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ashanti (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
A History of Ghana
Author: F. K. BuahPublisher:
ISBN: 9780333659342
Category : Ghana
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Catalog of the Library of the National Museum of African Art Branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Author: Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. National Museum of African Art BranchPublisher: G. K. Hall
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Ashanti Region of Ghana
Author: S. A. AfrePublisher: Boston : G. K. Hall
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
The Akyem Factor in Ghana's History
Author: Kofi AffrifahPublisher: Ghana University Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
In the eighteenth century part of modern day Ghana consisted of the three Akyem states, yet in almost all historical works on Ghana the Akyem are presented as a single homogeneous people. The author, Senior Lecturer of History at the University of Cape Coast examines the three groups and analyses their vital role in the history of Ghana in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Covering the period of 1699-1875, the study relies primarily - though not exclusively - on documentary evidence.
African Americans
Author: Time-Life BooksPublisher: Time Life Medical
ISBN: 9780783549156
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Selected Africana Acquisitions
Author: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description