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Title 'Let No Black Cat Cross Our Path': An Introduction to Ga Rituals of Affliction
Full text https://doi.org/10.1163/15700666-12340205; https://brill.com/view/journals/jra/51/1-2/article-p214_9.xml?ebody=article%20details; http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/38185
Date 2022
Author(s) Adu, G.K.
Abstract Research Article - Although much has been said about Ga rituals by earlier scholars such as Ammah, Kilson, and Field, no direct and comprehensive literature exists that deals specifically with Ga rituals of affliction. Rituals of affliction are measures by which cultures attempt to deal with the problem of 'affliction'. All cultures have a different way in which affliction is explained and dealt with. This article explores Ga rituals of affliction based on an analysis of one text line in Ga libation prayers, 'Let no black cat cross our path' (alͻnte di@ ko akafo wͻte@).
Subject(s) Anthropology of Religion; Religious Studies; Religion; African Studies; Sociology of Religion; History of Religion
Language en
Publisher Brill
Type of publication Article
Repository Accra - University of Ghana
Added to C-A: 2022-07-18;09:59:46