TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wuaku,Albert Kafui
TI  - Hindu Gods in West Africa: Ghanaian Devotees of Shiva and Krishna
T2  - Studies of Religion in Africa
SN  - 9789004255715 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BL1168.G43 
U1  - 294.509667 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Leiden
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Ghana
KW  - Religious life and customs
KW  - Hinduism
KW  - History
KW  - Customs and practices
KW  - Hindus
KW  - RELIGION / Comparative Religion
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One Ghana's Hindu Religious Landscape; Chapter Two The Hindu Monastery of Africa; Chapter Three Domesticating Shiva Worship in Ghana: Rituals of the Hindu Monastery of Africa; Chapter Four The Sri Radha-Govinda Temple Tradition; Chapter Five "Hinduizing" From the "Top," Indigenizing from "Below": Krishna Devotion in Ghana; Chapter Six Spreading Krishna and Shiva Worship in Ghana; Chapter Seven Why We became Hindus: Conversion Narratives; Chapter Eight Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Illustration Section
N2  - In Hindu Gods in West Africa, Wuaku offers an analytical account of the histories, beliefs and practices of the Hindu Monastery of Africa and the Radha Govinda Temple, two of Ghana's emmerging Hindu Temples
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