Resilient rituals: Krobo initiation and the politics of culture in Ghana
Edition: 1 Auflage.
Series: Modernity and belonging -- 3
Publisher: Lit Verlag
Published: 2004
Place of publication: M unster
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: Comparative Religion; OUR Brockhaus selection
Description: "How should modern Ghanians relate to "culture"? This is a hotly debated issue in Ghana, where the annual performance of the initiation rites for Krobo girls (dipo) is highly contested. Drawing on her extensive fieldwork and missionary and colonial archives, Steegstra shows how the contemporary performance of dipo relates to and is shaped by Krobo encounters with missionary Christianity, colonial intervention and modern nationalism. Krobo responses to global processes of change involved considerable resistance, and over time, ongoing local struggles but also a pursuit of cultural resilience."--BOOK JACKET.