Fires of gold law, spirit, and sacrificial labor in Ghana

"Fires of Gold is a powerful ethnography of the often shrouded cultural, legal, political, and spiritual forces governing the gold mining industry in Ghana, one of Africa's most celebrated democracies. Lauren Coyle Rosen argues that significant sources of power have arisen outside of the f...

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Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Coyle Rosen, Lauren (Awdur)
Fformat: Licensed eBooks
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Oakland, California University of California Press [2020]
Cyfres:Atelier (Oakland, Calif.) ; 4.
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2382179
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • Introduction
  • Artisanal miners and sacrificial laws
  • Spiritual sovereigns in the shadows
  • Pray for the mine
  • Fallen chiefs and divine violence
  • Effigies, strikes, and courts
  • Conclusion: out of the golden twilight?