Spirit Children

Illness, Poverty, And Infanticide In Northern Ghana

by Aaron R. Denham
language: english
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS, July of 2019 ‧
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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.

Spirit Children

Illness, Poverty, And Infanticide In Northern Ghana

by Aaron R. Denham

Property Description
ISBN: 9780299311247
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS
Release Date: July of 2019
Language: English
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 216
Format: Book
Collection: Discovering America
Categories: Books in English > Social Sciences and Humanities > Sociology
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780299311247

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