Earth and shadow: Substance, medicine and mobility in the history of Ghana's Tongnaab shrines

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 257-270

  Parker, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ritual mobility; shrines; Talensi; Tongnaab

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; GHANA; HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RITUAL; WITCHCRAFT;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; GHANA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 79961191176     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470.2011.591201     Document Type: Review

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