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Spirit Children

- Illness, Poverty, and Infanticide in Northern Ghana

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Some babies and toddlers in parts of West Africa are considered spirit children - non-humans sent from the forest to cause misfortune and destroy the family. Aaron Denham offers a nuanced ethnographic study of this phenomenon in Northern Ghana that examines both the motivations of the families and the structural factors that lead to infanticide.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780299311247
  • Bindende:
  • Paperback
  • Sider:
  • 216
  • Utgitt:
  • 30. juli 2019
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 230x152x13 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 322 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
Leveringstid: 2-4 uker
Forventet levering: 7. desember 2024

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Some babies and toddlers in parts of West Africa are considered spirit children - non-humans sent from the forest to cause misfortune and destroy the family. Aaron Denham offers a nuanced ethnographic study of this phenomenon in Northern Ghana that examines both the motivations of the families and the structural factors that lead to infanticide.

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