Hindu gods in West Africa [electronic resource] : Ghanaian devotees of Shiva and Krishna / by Albert Kafui Wuaku.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies on religion in Africa ; 42.Publication details: Boston : Brill, 2013.Description: x, 324 p., [10] p. of plates : col. illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 294.509667 23
LOC classification:
  • BL1168.G43 W83 2013eb
Online resources:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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