Death, Property and the Ancestors: A Study of the Mortuary Customs of the Lodagaa of West Africa

By Jack Goody

Book Overview

This volume is a study of mortuary customs of the LoDagaa of West Africa, in research for this project the author spent over 100 days attending funeral ceremonies and attended 25 burial services. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804700680
• ISBN13: 9780804700689
• Release Date: January 1962
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
• Length: 452 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.5" x 6.8"