African Religion Defined
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Ancestor worship
Ancestors' stools
Ancestors' stools and festivals
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Ghana and the Akan people
Gods and goddesses (abosom)
Kings and queen mothers
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Sacrifices and offerings
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Theology and cosmology
Witchcraft in Africa
Worship of souls of the dead
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- ISBN 9780761868446
- Weight: 399g
- Dimensions: 151 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 15 Nov 2016
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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This edition updates the scholarship on ancestor worship—with the addition of three new chapters. Beginning with Akan theology and ending with sacrifices, the study examines Akan conception of God, the abosom (gods and goddesses) relative to creation, centrality of the ancestors’ stool as the ultimate religious symbol housing the soul of the Akan, and organized annual propitiatory festivities carried out among the Akan in honor of the ancestors (Nananom Nsamanfo) and abosom. The book, therefore, serves as an invaluable resource for those interested in the phenomenon of African religion, because it provides real insight into ancestor worship in ways that are meaningful, practical, systematic, and as a way of life by an Akan Traditional ruler (?dikro) and a professor of Africana studies.
Dr. Anthony Ephirim-Donkor teaches Africana studies at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He is also the author of African Personality and Spirituality: The Role of Abosom and Human Essence.
