The Secret of Akom.I
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6021989 |
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| Authors | Sam K Akesson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1950 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 196 |
| Pages | 237-246 |
| Publication date | 1950-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9909 • E-ISSN: 1468-2621 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a093823 |
| OpenAlex | W4230927646 |
| Language | EN |
This pioneer African study of the Gold Coast fetish-art is by a Methodist minister, at Manso-Atwere. He explains, in a preface, that his main informant was Opanin Kwaku Addae, who was converted to Christianity after a life-time spent as a priest of Tannq, an orthodox obosom in Ashanti
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Christianity · Gold coast · Theology · African history and culture studies · History · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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