Sacrifice In Africa
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Sacrifice In Africa
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Author : Luc de Heusch
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1985
Sacrifice In Africa written by Luc de Heusch and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Social Science categories.
Human Sacrifice And The Supernatural In African History
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Author : Mbogoni, Lawrence E.Y.
language : en
Publisher: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers
Release Date : 2013-11-03
Human Sacrifice And The Supernatural In African History written by Mbogoni, Lawrence E.Y. and has been published by Mkuki na Nyota Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-03 with Social Science categories.
Since time immemorial, human beings the world over have sought answers to the vexing questions of their origins, sickness, death and after death; the meaning of natural phenomena such as earthquakes, eclipses of the sun and moon, birth of twins etc. and how to protect themselves from such mysterious events. They invented God and gods and the occult sciences (witch craft, divination and soothsaying) in order to seek the protection of supernatural powers while individuals used them to gain power to dominate others and to accumulate wealth. Human sacrifice was one way in which they sought to expiate the gods for what they believed were punishments for their transgressions. One example, the Ghana Asante Kingdom's very origins are associated with human sacrifice. On the eve of war against Denkyira, individuals volunteered themselves to be sacrificed in order to guarantee victory. Later, human sacrifice in Asante was mainly politically motivated as kings and religious leaders offered human sacrifice in remembrance of their ancestral spirits and to seek their protection against their enemies. The Asante Kingdom is one of several examples included in this study of human sacrifice and ritual killing on the African continent. Case studies include practices in Sierra Leone, Tanzania (Mainland), Zanzibar, Uganda and Swaziland. Advertisements relating to the occult was a common feature of Drum magazine, the popular South African magazine in Southern, Eastern and Central Africa in late years of colonial and early years of postcolonial periods, indicating a wide belief in these practices among the people in these countries? Each case examined is introduced by an expose of folklore that puts in perspective beliefs in the supernatural and how folklore continues to perpetuate them. Through careful study of these select cases, this book highlights general features of human sacrifice which recur with striking uniformity in all parts of sub Saharan Africa, and why they persist until today. He draws upon extensive written sources to expose these practices in other cultures including those in Western societies.
The Sacrifice Of Africa
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Author : Emmanuel Katongole
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2011
The Sacrifice Of Africa written by Emmanuel Katongole and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Religion categories.
In The Sacrifice of Africa Emmanuel Katongole confronts this painful legacy and shows how it continues to warp the imaginative landscape of African politics and society. He demonstrates the real potential of Christianity to interrupt and transform entrenched political imaginations and create a different story for Africa ù a story of self-sacrificing love that values human dignity and "dares to invent" a new and better future for all Africans. --
The Institution Of Human Sacrifice In Africa And Its Analogies In The Biblical Literature
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Author : Simeon Oluwemimo Monday Adebola
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
The Institution Of Human Sacrifice In Africa And Its Analogies In The Biblical Literature written by Simeon Oluwemimo Monday Adebola and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with categories.
Divine Consumption
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Author : Stephen A. Dueppen
language : en
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Release Date : 2022-12-31
Divine Consumption written by Stephen A. Dueppen and has been published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-31 with History categories.
Kirikongo is an archaeological site composed of thirteen remarkably well-preserved discrete mounds occupied continually from the early first to the mid second millennium AD. It spans a dynamic era that saw the growth of large settlement communities and regional socio-political formations, development of economic specializations, intensification in interregional commercial networks, and the effects of the Black Death pandemic. The extraordinary preservation of architectural units, activity areas and industrial zones provides a unique opportunity to discern the cultural practices that created stratified mounds (tells) in this part of West Africa. Building from a new detailed zooarchaeological analysis and refinements in stratigraphic precision, this book argues that repeated ritual activity was a significant factor in the accumulation of stratified archaeological deposits. The book details consistencies in form and content of discrete loci containing animal bones, food remains, and broken and unbroken objects and suggests that these are the remnants of sequential ancestor shrines created when domestic spaces were converted to tombs or dedicated mortuary monuments were constructed. Continuities and transformations in ancestral rituals at Kirikongo inform on earlier West African ritual practices from the second millennium BC as well as political and social transformations at the site. More broadly, this case study provides new insights on anthropogenic mound (tell) formation processes, social zooarchaeology, material culture theory, historical ontology, and the analysis of ritual and religion in the archaeological record.
Efforts To Address Ritual Abuse And Sacrifice In Africa
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024
Efforts To Address Ritual Abuse And Sacrifice In Africa written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with Children categories.
Rituals Of Fertility And The Sacrifice Of Desire
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Author : Carol Ann Muller
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1999
Rituals Of Fertility And The Sacrifice Of Desire written by Carol Ann Muller and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Music categories.
In this text, Muller breaks new ground in the study of this changing region and along the way she includes details of her own poignant journey, as a young, white South African woman, to the other side of a divided society.
The Pride Sacrifice
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Author : Ophelia Crane
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2015-08-21
The Pride Sacrifice written by Ophelia Crane and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-21 with Africa categories.
Saro and Mainor are young princes in Obestra, a city in a hidden valley deep in the heart of Africa. Like all who live in Obestra, they are lions and they are men. As twins, they were blessed with the gift bestowed upon all twins of their race - telepathy. With their telepathic gift, they are able to act in unison. Their whole lives, the have acted as one. Except... within their bloodlines lies a hidden gift, the gift of the goddess Obest's vision. The vision shows shadows of the future, of lands far from Obestra, and has aided the family of the royal line for centuries. Saro has been blessed with this gift. When Saro tells his father of a great iron snake in the east heading for their sacred hunting grounds, it becomes clear that action must be taken. Saro convinces his father to allow himself and his brother to venture to the east in order to stop the snake from reaching their hunting grounds.
Sacrifice And Prophecy In Turkana Cosmology
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Author : Anthony J. Barrett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Sacrifice And Prophecy In Turkana Cosmology written by Anthony J. Barrett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Religion categories.
The Power Of Ritual In Prehistory
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Author : Brian Hayden
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-09-13
The Power Of Ritual In Prehistory written by Brian Hayden and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-13 with History categories.
Secret societies in tribal societies turn out to be key to understanding the origins of social inequalities and state religions.