Sacred Sites and the Colonial Encounter: A History of Meaning and Memory in Ghana

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Sacred Sites and the Colonial Encounter Sacred Sites and the Colonial Encounter A History of Meaning and Memory in Ghana Sandra E. Greene This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu© 2002 by Sandra E. Greene All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Greene, Sandra E., date Sacred sites and the colonial encounter : a history of meaning and memory in Ghana / Sandra E. Greene. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-253-34073-X (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-253-21517-X (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Anlo (African people)—Religion. 2. Anlo (African people)— Cultural assimilation. 3. Sacred space—Ghana. 4. Body, Human— Social aspects—Ghana. 5. Ghana—Colonial in®uence. I. Title. DT510.43.A58 G75 2002 966.7′004963374—dc21 2001004947 1 2 3 4 5 07 06 05 04 03 02 To Kafui and Kwaku ...