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Hindu gods in West Africa [electronic resource] : Ghanaian devotees of Shiva and Krishna / by Albert Kafui Wuaku

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Wuaku, Albert Kafui, 1964-
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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Physical Description
x, 324 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Contents
Ghana's Hindu religious landscape -- The Hindu monastery of Africa -- Domesticating Shiva worship in Ghana: rituals of the Hindu monastery of Africa -- The Sri Radha-Govinda temple tradition -- "Hinduizing" from the "top," indigenizing from "below": Krishna devotion in Ghana -- Spreading Krishna and Shiva worship in Ghana -- Why we became Hindus: conversion narratives.
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ISBN
9789004244887 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004255715 (e-book)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-320) and index.
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