Alexis Bekyane Tengan

Of Life and Health (eBook, ePUB)

The Language of Art and Religion in an African Medical System

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An anthropological study of the health system of the Dagara people of northern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso, Of Life and Health develops a cultural and epistemological lexicon of Dagara life by examining its religious, ritual, and artistic expressions. Consisting of ethnographic descriptions and analyses of six Dagara cultic institutions, each of which deals with different aspects of sustaining and transmitting life, the volume gives a holistic account of the Dagara knowledge system.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781789201024
• Artikelnr.: 54739663

Autorenporträt

Alexis Bekyane Tengan is an independent scholar in social and cultural anthropology resident in Belgium. He has taught for many years both in Belgium and in his native Ghana, and he now curates a private museum of sacred art and objects with studios in both countries. His publications include the Mythical Narratives in Ritual: Dagara Black Bagr (2006) and Art of Mythical Composition and Narration: Dagara White Bagr (2012).