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Title: RELIGION, MORALITY AND THE PERSON
ESSAYS ON TALLENSI RELIGION
By: Meyer Fortes, Jack Goody (Editor)
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0521336937
ISBN 13: 9780521336932
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Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 15 October, 1987
Pages: 364
Description: Meyer Fortes (1906-1982) was one of the foremost anthropologists of this century, who for many years worked among the Tallensi of northern Ghana.
Synopsis: Meyer Fortes (1906-1982) was one of the foremost anthropologists of this century, who for many years worked among the Tallensi of northern Ghana. Although he published seminally important monographs on Tallensi family and kinship and on political organization, his work on their religion has hitherto remained confined to disparate journals and edited volumes. This collection brings together in one place his major writings on religion.
Illustrations: illustrations
Publication: UK
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
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