Author: Ellis, A. B. (Alfred Burdon) [1852 - 1894]
Title: The Tshi-Speaking Peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa. Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, Etc.
Description: Chicago, Benin Press, 1964. Reprint. vii,343 pp.. 23x16cm, orig. cloth, A facsimile reprint of the 1887 edition.. Textual map. Some rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Introductory; Religious Beliefs; General Deities; Srahmantin and Sasabonsum; Local Deities; Deities Worshipped by Particular sections of the Community (Company, Market, Town, and Family Tutelary Deities; TheTutelary Deities of Individuals; Deductions; The Priesthood; Psycholatry and Human Sacrifices; On Fetishism; Oaths, Oreals, Omens, Etc.;Family Divisions and Animal Worship; Division of and Mode of Reckoning Time; Religious Ceremonies and Festivals; Ceremonies at Birth, Marriage, and Death; State Ceremonies; System of Government; Laws; Language; Music; traditions and Folk-Lore.

Keywords: African Ethnology, Ethnology, Anthropology, Shi Language, Colonial History, West Africa, Ghana, Religion,