Hindu Gods in West Africa

Ghanaian Devotees of Shiva and Krishna

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7096940
AutoresAlbert Kafui Wuaku (autor de correspondencia), Albert Wuaku
Año2013
Páginas346
Fecha de publicación2013-07-11
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaHindu Gods in West Africa Vol. 42 (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/9789004255715
OpenAlexW4251651592
Open LibraryOL29684997M
ISBN9789004255715
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14

In Hindu Gods in West Africa, Wuaku offers an account of the histories, beliefs and practices of the Hindu Monastery of Africa and the Radha Govinda Temple, two Hindu Temples in Ghana. Using historical material and data from his field work in southern Ghana, Wuaku shows how these two Hindu Temples build their traditions on popular Ghanaian religious notions about the powerful magicality of India's Hindu gods. He explores how Ghanaian soldiers who served in the colonial armies in India, Sri Lanka, and Burma during World War II, Bollywood films, and local magicians, have contributed to the production and the spreading of these cultural ideas. He argues that while Ghanaian worshippers appropriated and deployed the alien Hindu religious world through their own cultural ideas,as they engage Hindu beliefs and rituals in negotiating challenges their own worldviews would change considerably

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