Hindu gods in West Africa
Wuaku, Albert Kafui, 1964-
Hindu gods in West Africa Ghanaian devotees of Shiva and Krishna / [electronic resource] : by Albert Kafui Wuaku. - Boston : Brill, 2013. - x, 324 p., [10] p. of plates : col. ill. - Studies of religion in Africa, v. 42 0169-9814 ; . - Studies on religion in Africa ; 42. .
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Hindus--Ghana.
Hinduism--History.--Ghana
Hinduism--Customs and practices.--Ghana
Ghana--Religious life and customs.
Electronic books.
BL1168.G43 / W83 2013eb
294.509667
Hindu gods in West Africa Ghanaian devotees of Shiva and Krishna / [electronic resource] : by Albert Kafui Wuaku. - Boston : Brill, 2013. - x, 324 p., [10] p. of plates : col. ill. - Studies of religion in Africa, v. 42 0169-9814 ; . - Studies on religion in Africa ; 42. .
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Hindus--Ghana.
Hinduism--History.--Ghana
Hinduism--Customs and practices.--Ghana
Ghana--Religious life and customs.
Electronic books.
BL1168.G43 / W83 2013eb
294.509667