The Tshi-Speaking Peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa. Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, Etc.

Ellis, A. B. (Alfred Burdon) [1852 - 1894]

Published by Benin Press, Chicago, 1964

About this Item

23x16cm, orig. cloth, A facsimile reprint of the 1887 edition. Contents: Introductory; Religious Beliefs; General Deities; Srahmantin and Sasabonsum; Local Deities; Deities Worshipped by Particular sections of the Community (Company, Market, Town, and Family Tutelary Deities; TheTutelary Deities of Individuals; Deductions; The Priesthood; Psycholatry and Human Sacrifices; On Fetishism; Oaths, Oreals, Omens, Etc.;Family Divisions and Animal Worship; Division of and Mode of Reckoning Time; Religious Ceremonies and Festivals; Ceremonies at Birth, Marriage, and Death; State Ceremonies; System of Government; Laws; Language; Music; traditions and Folk-Lore. Seller Inventory # 015709

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Tshi-Speaking Peoples of the Gold Coast ...

Publisher: Benin Press, Chicago

Publication Date: 1964

Binding: vii,343 pp.

Illustrator: Textual map

Condition: Some rubbing. VG.

Edition: Reprint.