Witchcraft, witches, and violence in Ghana
By: Mensah Adinkrah
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9781782385608; 9781782385615
Subjects: Witchcraft; Witches; Violence against; Trials (Witchcraft); Sexism in witchcraft trials; Akan (African people); Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-319) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: witchcraft violence in comparative perspective --; title: Ghana : the research setting --; title: Witchcraft beliefs in Ghana --; title: Socialization into witchcraft beliefs --; title: Witchcraft themes in popular Ghanaian music --; title: Witchcraft imagery in Akan proverbs --; title: Witchcraft trials in Ghanaian courts --; title: Witch killings --; title: Non-lethal treatment of alleged witches --; title: Gendered victimization : patriarchy, misogyny, and gynophobia --; title: Conclusion: curbing witchcraft-related violence in Ghana.