Christianity and Cultural History in Northern Ghana
A Portrait of Cardinal Peter Poreku Dery (1918–2008)
Christianity and Cultural History in Northern Ghana
A Portrait of Cardinal Peter Poreku Dery (1918–2008)
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Paperback / softback
£35.60
Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
ISBN: 9782875741141
Number of Pages: 281
Published: 12/12/2013
Width: 15 cm
Height: 22 cm
On Monday 23 April 1906 the Missionaries of Africa, also known as the White Fathers, arrived from Upper Volta, today known as Burkina Faso, in Navrongo to begin their missionary activities in northern Ghana. The small group consisted of three missionaries and a contingent of twenty Africans as helpers. Socially and culturally, the region was still suffering from the consequences of the recently outlawed practice of slave raiding and the terror regimes initiated by Zambarma generals such as Samouri and Babatu.
The inhabitants were still to come to terms with the European use of military force to try to establish colonial rule. Many of the populations and groups residing in what was then called the Northern Territories of Ghana, and also those in semi-urban trading centres such as Tamale, Wa and Bawku, had, over the past century, come to adopt aspects of Islamization within their cultures and had accepted the centralizing chieftaincy structure as their main socio-political system.
Cardinal Dery was born around this time into a priestly class among the Dagara people, and his life story as a religious leader vividly captures the cultural evolution of the whole region within this period.
The inhabitants were still to come to terms with the European use of military force to try to establish colonial rule. Many of the populations and groups residing in what was then called the Northern Territories of Ghana, and also those in semi-urban trading centres such as Tamale, Wa and Bawku, had, over the past century, come to adopt aspects of Islamization within their cultures and had accepted the centralizing chieftaincy structure as their main socio-political system.
Cardinal Dery was born around this time into a priestly class among the Dagara people, and his life story as a religious leader vividly captures the cultural evolution of the whole region within this period.
Contents: Alexis B. Tengan: Dagara Appropriation of Christianity. Missionary and Colonial Movements into Northwest Ghana since 1929 – Linus Zan: African Traditional Religious Leadership and the Worldview of Peter Cardinal Poreku Dery – Paschal Kyiiripuo Kyoore: A Study of Proverbs among the Dagara of West Africa – Gervase Angsotinge: «If You Do Good You Do it to Yourself and if You Do Evil You Do it to Yourself». Retribution in the Oral Narratives of the Dagaaba – Richard K. Baawobr: Paul’s Call for Reconciliation and its Relevance for the Church with Particular Reference to Africa – Edward Tengan: Conversion and Transformation of Worldviews. The Case of the Dagara of Northwest Ghana – Fabian N. Dapila: Evangelizing the Dagaaba Through Bible Translation. Then and Now – Gregory B. Dongkore: Quality Teaching and Education in Northern Ghana. The Role of the Church – Africanus L. Diedong: Role of Christian Education for Sustainable Development in Northern Ghana – Nora Kofognotera Nonterah: The Use of Religious Education in Fostering Inter-Religious Peace in Ghana – Aloysius Porekuu: The Presence and Works of the Brothers of Immaculate Conception (FIC) in Ghana – Isidore Lobnibe: «Were It Not in the Bush, Will A Man Abandon His Wife This Way?» Northern Immigrants and the Dilemmas of Social Reproduction in the Forest Transition Zone of Ghana – Gariba B. Abdul-Korah: Shifting and Contested Relationships. Migration, Gender, and Family Economy among the Dagaaba in the Twentieth Century.