BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE CROSS: RELIGION, SLAVERY, AND THE MAKING OF THE ANLO-EWE

The idea that mission Christianity played a pivotal role in the creation of modern African ethnic identities has become paradigmatic. Yet, the actual cultural and social processes that facilitated the widespread reception of specific ethnic identities have been under-researched. Suggesting that hist...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of African history Jg. 53; H. 1; S. 45 - 64
1. Verfasser:	VENKATACHALAM, MEERA
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.03.2012
Schlagworte:	20th century African Christianity African culture African history Christian history Christian missionaries Christianity Christians Colonization.(colonial history and chronicles) Cultural identity Deities Ethnic groups Ethnic Identity Ethnicity Ethnology Ewe Ewes Females Ghana Historians Historical source materials History Identity formation Missionaries Non-Christian Politics of Ethnic Identity Formation Religion Religious rituals Rituals Slave women Slavery Slaves Social processes Sources and methods Theology Twentieth Century Women Colonial period West Africa Ghana slavery Ghana ethnicity religion Slavery Ethnicity Anlo Ewe Religion Social role Missions Formation Ethnic group
ISSN:	0021-8537, 1469-5138
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Zusammenfassung:	The idea that mission Christianity played a pivotal role in the creation of modern African ethnic identities has become paradigmatic. Yet, the actual cultural and social processes that facilitated the widespread reception of specific ethnic identities have been under-researched. Suggesting that historians have overemphasised the role of Christian schooling and theology in ethnic identity formation, this article examines how the Anlo people of south-eastern Ghana came, over the twentieth century, to recognise themselves as part of the larger Ewe ethnic group. Although Christian missionaries were the first to conceive of ‘Ewe’ as a broad ethnic identity, a corpus of non-Christian ritual practices pioneered by inland Ewe slave women were crucial to many Anlos' embrace of Eweness.
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ISSN:	0021-8537 1469-5138
DOI:	10.1017/S0021853712000059