Tongnaab by Jean Allman PAPERBACK 9780253218063

Tongnaab\nby Jean Allman\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Jean Allman\nTitle: Tongnaab\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: African history\nPublisher: MH - Indiana University Press\nPublication year: 2005\nISBN-13: 9780253218063\nISBN-10: 0253218063\nRRP: \u00A323.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nTraces the movement and mutation of the powerful Talensi god and ancestor shrine, Tongnaab, from the savanna of northern Ghana through the forests and coastal plains of the south. This title shows how Tongnaab has been intertwined with many themes and events in West African history including the slave trade and colonial conquest and rule.\n\nTraces the movement and mutation of the powerful Talensi god and ancestor shrine, Tongnaab, from the savanna of northern Ghana through the fore.