Hindu gods in West Africa Ghanaian devotees of Shiva and Krishna / by Albert Kafui Wuaku.

Author/creator Wuaku, Albert Kafui, 1964-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Descriptionx, 324 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
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SeriesStudies of religion in Africa, 0169-9814 ; v. 42
Studies on religion in Africa ; v. 42 0169-9814. ^A522275
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 315-320) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013019455
ISBN9789004244887 (hardback : alk. paper)

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