Sean Hawkin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3585830 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sean Hawkin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sean |
| FAMILY NAME | Hawkin |
| SIGNATURE | HAWKIN S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Rethinking Rights in Africa: The Struggle for Meaning and the Meaning of the Struggle
(2007). Rethinking Rights in Africa: The Struggle for Meaning and the Meaning of the Struggle. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines: Vol. 41, Redéfinition des droits en Afrique: Le combat pour leur trouver un sens et le sens du combat, pp. 393-401
Writing and Colonialism in Northern Ghana: The Encounter between the LoDagaa and 'The World on Paper
Literary Culture in Colonial Ghana: How to Play the Game of Life
Stephanie Newell. Literary Culture in Colonial Ghana: How to Play the Game of Life.Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002. x + 242 pp. Tables. Plates. Bibliography. Index. $22.95. Paper. Sean Hawkins. Writing and Colonialism in Northern Ghana: Encounter between the LoDagaa and The World on Paper.Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002. xv + 468 pp. Maps. Tables. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $80.00. Cloth. Here are two well-written…
The Interpretation of Naavgmin- Missionary Ethnography, African Theology, and History Among the Lodagaa
Several years ago Benedict Der argued in the pages of this journal that both the LoDagaa and Kasena of northern Ghana had always worshipped a single and absolute God despite the views of many missionaries and anthropologists to the contrary.1 In particular he singled out the work of Meyer Fortes and Jack Goody, which had focused largely on the veneration of ancestors, claiming that they had failed to mention the fact that God could be approached …
The Interpretation of Naangmin: Missionary Ethnography, African Theology, and History among the Lodagaa
To Pray or Not To Pray: Politics, Medicine, and Conversion among the LoDagaa of Northern Ghana, 1929-1939
Sean Hawkins, To Pray or Not to Pray: Politics, Medicine, and Conversion among the LoDagaa of Northern Ghana, 1929-1939, Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines, Vol. 31, No. 1 (1997), pp. 50-85
Disguising chiefs and God as history: Questions on the acephalousness of LoDagaa politics and religion
This article examines two periods in the historiography and ethnography of the LoDagaa of northern Ghana and analyses the similarities between them. In the late 1920s the institution of chieftaincy was written into LoDagaa history by colonial administrators, only two decades after they themselves had created that institution in a society they had once considered bereft of political authority. By the early 1930s colonial administrators had created…
Disguising chiefs and God as history: Questions on the acephalousness of LoDagaa politics and religion
This article examines two periods in the historiography and ethnography of the LoDagaa of northern Ghana and analyses the similarities between them. In the late 1920s the institution of chieftaincy was written into LoDagaa history by colonial administrators, only two decades after they themselves had created that institution in a society they had once considered bereft of political authority. By the early 1930s colonial administrators had created…
Writing and Colonialism in Northern Ghana: The Encounter between the LoDagaa and 'The World on Paper
To Pray or Not To Pray: Politics, Medicine, and Conversion among the LoDagaa of Northern Ghana, 1929-1939
Sean Hawkins, To Pray or Not to Pray: Politics, Medicine, and Conversion among the LoDagaa of Northern Ghana, 1929-1939, Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines, Vol. 31, No. 1 (1997), pp. 50-85
Disguising chiefs and God as history: Questions on the acephalousness of LoDagaa politics and religion
This article examines two periods in the historiography and ethnography of the LoDagaa of northern Ghana and analyses the similarities between them. In the late 1920s the institution of chieftaincy was written into LoDagaa history by colonial administrators, only two decades after they themselves had created that institution in a society they had once considered bereft of political authority. By the early 1930s colonial administrators had created…
To Pray or Not To Pray: Politics, Medicine, and Conversion among the LoDagaa of Northern Ghana, 1929-1939
Sean Hawkins, To Pray or Not to Pray: Politics, Medicine, and Conversion among the LoDagaa of Northern Ghana, 1929-1939, Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines, Vol. 31, No. 1 (1997), pp. 50-85
The Interpretation of Naavgmin- Missionary Ethnography, African Theology, and History Among the Lodagaa
Several years ago Benedict Der argued in the pages of this journal that both the LoDagaa and Kasena of northern Ghana had always worshipped a single and absolute God despite the views of many missionaries and anthropologists to the contrary.1 In particular he singled out the work of Meyer Fortes and Jack Goody, which had focused largely on the veneration of ancestors, claiming that they had failed to mention the fact that God could be approached …
The Interpretation of Naangmin: Missionary Ethnography, African Theology, and History among the Lodagaa
Literary Culture in Colonial Ghana: How to Play the Game of Life
Stephanie Newell. Literary Culture in Colonial Ghana: How to Play the Game of Life.Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002. x + 242 pp. Tables. Plates. Bibliography. Index. $22.95. Paper. Sean Hawkins. Writing and Colonialism in Northern Ghana: Encounter between the LoDagaa and The World on Paper.Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002. xv + 468 pp. Maps. Tables. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $80.00. Cloth. Here are two well-written…
Writing and Colonialism in Northern Ghana: The Encounter between the LoDagaa and 'The World on Paper
Rethinking Rights in Africa: The Struggle for Meaning and the Meaning of the Struggle
(2007). Rethinking Rights in Africa: The Struggle for Meaning and the Meaning of the Struggle. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines: Vol. 41, Redéfinition des droits en Afrique: Le combat pour leur trouver un sens et le sens du combat, pp. 393-401
Sociology (6 works) · History (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · History (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (3 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Religious studies (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works)