When the Deities Visit for Hɔmɔwɔ: Translating Religion in the Language of the Secular

Every summer, indigenous deities visit Ghana’s capital, Accra, for the Hɔmɔwɔ festival. To create a peaceful environment for the guests, Ga indigenous priests introduce a one-month “ban on drumming and noise-making.” Almost overnight, sacred silence blankets the city as nightclubs and dance halls cl...

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Main Author: Goshadze, Mariam (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2019]
In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 87, Issue: 1, Pages: 191-224
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ga (People) / Folk religion / Homowo / Evangelical movement
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AG Religious life; material religion
BB Indigenous religions
BS Traditional African religions
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