This book was mostly written during a research fellowship in 2016–18 that was generously funded by the Leverhulme Trust. A modern funerary sculpture of Christiana A. The baamu, or royal mausoleum, at Bantamaġ9.1. A begyina ba, or ‘come-and-stay child’ġ8.1. An elderly obrafo holding the sepow in his mouthġ3.1. A brass gold-weight, or abramo, representing an obrafo and his victimĩ.2. Women werempefo, or ‘official mourners’ĩ.1.
Keeping death in abeyance during wartimeĤ.4. Nkonnwa tuntum, or blackened ancestral stoolsģ.1. List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgements ix IntroductionĢ.1. © The Trustees of the British Museum This book has been composed in Arno Printed on acid-free paper. Classification: LCC GT3289.A3 (print) | LCC GT3289.A358 (ebook) | DDC 306.90966-dc23 LC record available at LC ebook record available at British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available Editorial: Ben Tate and Josh Drake Production Editorial: Ellen Foos Production: Danielle Amatucci Publicity: Alyssa Sanford and Amy Stewart Copyeditor: Ben Wilson Jacket image: Terracotta funerary sculpture, Ghana, 19th century. | Funeral rites and ceremonies-Africa, West. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Description: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021. Title: In my time of dying : a history of death and the dead in West Africa / John Parker. Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to p .princeton.edu Published by Princeton University Press 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 6 Oxford Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1TR press.princeton.edu All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Parker, John, 1960– author. If you wish to reproduce or distribute any part of it in any form, please obtain permission. Thank you for supporting free speech and the global exchange of ideas by purchasing an authorized edition of this book. Copyright promotes the progress and integrity of knowledge. Pr i ncet on u n i v e r sit y pr e ss pr i ncet on & ox for dĬopyright © 2021 by Princeton University Press Princeton University Press is committed to the protection of copyright and the intellectual property our authors entrust to us.
In My Time of Dying a h istory of de at h a n d t h e de a d i n w e st a f r ic a
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