Tongnaab (literally "Chief of the Earth") is a deity associated with the
Tallensi people of northern
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...
. Tongnaab is particularly believed to have powers in fertility, stability and security.
The Tongnaab cult developed from a small regional belief in the
Tong Hills region before the colonial period, and gained substantial popularity as a
witch-hunt
A witch-hunt, or a witch purge, is a search for people who have been labeled witches or a search for evidence of witchcraft. The classical period of witch-hunts in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America took place in the Early Modern peri ...
ing deity during the colonial era. It gained followers across the
Gold Coast.
See also
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Meyer Fortes
Meyer Fortes FBA FRAI (25 April 1906 – 27 January 1983) was a South African-born anthropologist, best known for his work among the Tallensi and Ashanti in Ghana.
Originally trained in psychology, Fortes employed the notion of the "person" ...
- a South African anthropologist who made an extensive study of Tallensi religion
References
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Religion in Ghana
Fertility gods
African gods
Modern witch hunts
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