An Ethnography of a Vodu Shrine in Southern Togo: Of Spirit, Slave and Sea [ebook ed.] 9004341250, 9789004341258

This book offers an ethnography of the beliefs and practices of Vodu, as they relate to daily life in an Ewe fishing com

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An Ethnography of a Vodu Shrine in Southern Togo: Of Spirit, Slave and Sea [ebook ed.]
 9004341250, 9789004341258

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Chapter 1 Introduction: Religion in Millennial West Africa
Part 1 Of Spirit, Slave, and Sea
Chapter 2 Dawn of the Gods: History and Power in Eweland
Chapter 3 Between the Pipeline and the Sea: The GbedalaCommunity
Part 2 Ethnography of a Shrine
Chapter 4 Gorovodu: A Family of Gods
Chapter 5 The Shrine at Gbedala
Part 3 Performance in Gorovodu Ceremony
Chapter 6 Fetatrotro: Feast and Festival
Chapter 7 The Northern Others: Slavery and Islam in Gorovodu Ceremonial Performance
Chapter 8 Conclusion: Shrine Ethnography and Global Vodu
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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