West African religious traditions : focus on the Akan of Ghana
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references and index. Sources for religious and cultural tradition in Africa -- Dance and ritual incarnate -- Dance in West Africa -- Festivals: religious traditions and community time -- Language of Africa -- Libation and prayers -- Folktalkes, songs, and myths -- Proverb and riddle -- Akan marriage celebration and the role of women -- Physical and spiritual worlds -- Evil force -- Taboos and totems -- Witchcraft and ritual power or sorcery -- Sacrifice -- Oracles -- Spirits of the wild -- West African expressions about God -- Dar al-Islam of West Africa -- Christianity in West Africa -- Christianity and European expansionism -- Indigenous African Christian churches -- Roman Catholic Church.