Fires of Gold: Law, Spirit, and Sacrificial Labor in Ghana Volume 4
(Part of the Atelier: Ethnographic Inquiry in the Twenty-First Century Series)
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Fires of Gold is a powerful ethnography of the often shrouded cultural, legal, political, and spiritual forces governing the gold mining industry in Ghana, one of Africa's most celebrated democracies. Lauren Coyle Rosen argues that significant sources of power have arisen outside of the formal legal system to police, adjudicate, and navigate conflict in this theater of violence, destruction, and rebirth. These authorities, or shadow sovereigns,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0520343336
ISBN13:9780520343337
Release Date:April 2020
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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