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In my time of dying : a history of death and the dead in West Africa /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parker, John, 1960- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Death > Africa, West > History.
Death > Africa, West > Religious aspects.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Africa, West.
Africa, West > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Cultural Encounter
  • Body, Soul and Person
  • Speaking of Death
  • Grief and Mourning
  • Gold, Wealth and Burial
  • Faces of the Dead
  • The Severed Head
  • Slaves
  • Human Sacrifice
  • Poison
  • Christian Encounters
  • From House Burial to Cemeteries
  • Ghosts and Vile Bodies
  • Writing and Reading about Death
  • The Colony of Medicine
  • Wills and Dying Wishes
  • Northern Frontiers
  • Reordering the Royal Dead
  • Making Modern Deathways
  • Conclusion.