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Based on a decade of fieldwork in southeastern Ghana and analysis of secondary sources, this book aims to reconstruct the religious history of the Anlo-Ewe peoples from the 1850s. In particular, it focuses on a corpus of rituals collectively known as 'Fofie', which derived their legitimacy from engaging with the memory of the slave-holding past. The Anlo developed a sense of discomfort about their agency in slavery in the early twentieth century which they articulated through practices such as ancestor veneration, spirit possession, and by forging links with descendants of peoples they formerly enslaved. Conversion to Christianity, engagement with 'modernity', trans-Atlantic conversations with diasporan Africans, and citizenship of the postcolonial state coupled with structural changes within the religious system - which resulted in the decline in Fofie's popularity - gradually altered the moral emphases of legacies of slavery in the Anlo historical imagination as the twentieth century progressed.

Anlo (African people) --- Cults --- Collective memory --- Slavery --- Abolition of slavery --- Antislavery --- Enslavement --- Mui tsai --- Ownership of slaves --- Servitude --- Slave keeping --- Slave system --- Slaveholding --- Thralldom --- Crimes against humanity --- Serfdom --- Slaveholders --- Slaves --- Collective remembrance --- Common memory --- Cultural memory --- Emblematic memory --- Historical memory --- National memory --- Public memory --- Social memory --- Memory --- Social psychology --- Group identity --- National characteristics --- Alternative religious movements --- Cult --- Cultus --- Marginal religious movements --- New religions --- New religious movements --- NRMs (Religion) --- Religious movements, Alternative --- Religious movements, Marginal --- Religious movements, New --- Religions --- Sects --- Ahonlan (African people) --- Anglo (African people) --- Ethnology --- Ewe (African people) --- Religion. --- Religious aspects. --- history. --- ethnic group. --- collective memory. --- religion. --- slavery. --- Ghana. --- Γκάνα --- il-Gana --- Ghána --- Gána --- Гана --- Gana --- Ghana --- Δημοκρατία της Γκάνας --- Ganas Republika --- ir-Repubblika tal-Gana --- Ghanská republika --- die Republik Ghana --- Republic of Ghana --- Republiken Ghana --- Ghánai Köztársaság --- Republika Gana --- República de Ghana --- Republikken Ghana --- République du Ghana --- Република Гана --- Republica Ghana --- Ganos Respublika --- Ghanan tasavalta --- República do Gana --- Zlatonosné pobřeží --- Republika Ghany --- Ghana Vabariik --- Republiek Ghana --- Repubblica del Ghana --- Republika e Ganës --- fe --- reiligiún --- uskonto --- náboženstvo --- vallás --- religión --- religioon --- Religion --- godsdienst --- religie --- vjera --- religija --- religione --- reliģija --- religião --- náboženství --- religia --- религија --- reliġjon --- θρησκεία --- religion --- религия --- usutunnistus --- víra --- deismus --- светец --- теизам --- irreligiosità --- religiosità --- zbožnost --- věřící --- религиозност --- religiozita --- teismus --- деизам --- побожност --- světec --- kreacionismus --- panteismus --- Religionsgemeinschaft --- fideismus --- svatý --- vallási közösség --- Glaubensgemeinschaft --- pobožnost --- верници --- вера --- пантеизам --- kollektiivinen muisti --- memorie colectivă --- kollektiv hukommelse --- kolektívna pamäť --- pamięć zbiorowa --- collectief geheugen --- memorja kollettiva --- memória coletiva --- mémoire collective --- kollektív emlékezet --- kolektivni spomin --- kollektiivne mälu --- συλλογική μνήμη --- kollektivt minne --- kolektivno pamćenje --- колективна памет --- kolektīvā atmiņa --- memoria colectiva --- memoria collettiva --- kolektyvinė atmintis --- comhchuimhne --- kolektivní paměť --- kollektives Gedächtnis --- kultūratmiņa --- memoria storica --- ricordo collettivo --- historiskt minne --- sociaal geheugen --- memoria cultural --- memória histórica --- sosiaalinen muisti --- društveno pamćenje --- pamięć społeczna --- nemzeti emlékezet --- skupni spomin --- national hukommelse --- memoria pubblica --- social hukommelse --- memorja nazzjonali --- javni spomin --- memoria nazionale --- kopīgā atmiņa --- verejná pamäť --- historiallinen muisti --- memoria comune --- offentligt minne --- memoria común --- memorja soċjali --- veřejná paměť --- kansallinen muisti --- historical memory --- sociálna pamäť --- common memory --- pamięć historyczna --- mémoire sociale --- memorie națională --- δημόσια μνήμη --- mémoire publique --- public memory --- offentlig hukommelse --- kulturelles Gedächtnis --- pamięć kulturowa --- kolektywne pamiętanie --- istorinė atmintis --- historisk hukommelse --- memoria social --- pamięć narodowa --- julkinen muisti --- memória social --- gemeenschappelijk geheugen --- yhteinen muisti --- ajalooline mälu --- kulttuurinen muisti --- културна памет --- mémoire historique --- εθνική μνήμη --- kulturni spomin --- κοινή μνήμη --- kulturális emlékezet --- társadalmi emlékezet --- memoria histórica --- nacionalno pamćenje --- memória pública --- historická paměť --- memória nacional --- historisch geheugen --- memorja komuni --- socialt minne --- nationaal geheugen --- memória cultural --- ιστορική μνήμη --- kultuurimälu --- gemeinsames Gedächtnis --- gemensamt minne --- fælles hukommelse --- společná paměť --- publiek geheugen --- memorie publică --- lieu de mémoire --- memória comum --- společenská paměť --- memorie istorică --- национална памет --- memorie socială --- cultural memory --- nationales Gedächtnis --- historická pamäť --- memorja pubblika --- kultúrna pamäť --- memorja storika --- souvenir collectif --- rahvuslik mälu --- nacionalni spomin --- nationellt minne --- zajedničko pamćenje --- javno pamćenje --- socialni spomin --- cultureel geheugen --- cuimhne chultúrtha --- historisches Gedächtnis --- обща памет --- memorie comună --- közös emlékezet --- national memory --- sotsiaalne mälu --- πολιτιστική μνήμη --- memoria nacional --- kulturno pamćenje --- kulturellt minne --- zgodovinski spomin --- обществена памет --- öffentliches Gedächtnis --- κοινωνική μνήμη --- sabiedriskā atmiņa --- историческа памет --- kulturel hukommelse --- публична памет --- vēsturiskā atmiņa --- pamäť národa --- soziales Gedächtnis --- sociālā atmiņa --- mémoire populaire --- történelmi emlékezet --- wspólna pamięć --- social memory --- nacionālā atmiņa --- povijesno pamćenje --- lembrança coletiva --- memoria sociale --- spoločná pamäť --- kulturní paměť --- tautos atmintis --- pamięć publiczna --- memorja kulturali --- ühine mälu --- mémoire culturelle --- memoria culturale --- národní paměť --- memorie culturală --- grup etnic --- етническа група --- ethnische Gruppe --- grúpa eitneach --- etnikai csoport --- gruppo etnico --- grup etnik --- grupa etniczna --- etnisk grupp --- етничка група --- etnisk gruppe --- grupo étnico --- grupp etniku --- etnična skupina --- εθνότητα --- etnische groep --- etnička skupina --- etniline rühm --- etninė grupė --- etnická skupina --- etniskā grupa --- groupe ethnique --- etninen ryhmä --- etnisk mindretal --- národní příslušnost --- etniline vähemus --- ethnische Minderheit --- etnische groepering --- agrupamento étnico --- minorité ethnique --- minoría étnica --- μειονότητα --- etniskā minoritāte --- etninė mažuma --- raggruppamento etnico --- etnia --- tautinė grupė --- národ --- pakicë etnike --- rahvusrühm --- népcsoport --- Volksgruppe --- народ --- etninen vähemmistö --- etnische minderheid --- etnická menšina --- etnisk minoritet --- minoranza etnica --- minoritate etnică --- εθνική ομάδα --- groupement ethnique --- ethnic minority --- etnické seskupení --- etnikai kisebbség --- etnikum --- nemzetiség --- етникум --- etnička zajednica --- етничка заедница --- etnisk gruppering --- narod --- História --- ιστορία --- storja --- histori --- historie --- historia --- história --- история --- stair --- geschiedenis --- történettudomány --- povijest --- zgodovina --- histoire --- историја --- Geschichtswissenschaft --- storia --- istorija --- ajalugu --- vēsture --- istorie --- Geschichte --- historiografie --- storiografia --- dějiny národů --- historiador --- dějepis --- historická věda --- történelem --- verdzība --- suženjstvo --- ропство --- escravatura --- orjus --- skllavëri --- otroctvo --- skjavitù --- niewolnictwo --- slaveri --- δουλεία --- otroctví --- rabszolgaság --- schiavitù --- esclavage --- sclábhaíocht --- Sklaverei --- slavernij --- робство --- esclavitud --- orjuus --- vergija --- sclavie --- ropstvo --- muncă forțată --- schiavismo --- roboty przymusowe --- priverstinis darbas --- prisilno delo --- praca przymusowa --- piespiedu darbs --- tvangsarbejde --- travail forcé --- punë e detyruar --- trabalho forçado --- trabajo forzoso --- Zwangsarbeit --- lotta contro lo schiavismo --- stato di schiavitù --- sunnitöö --- pakkotyö --- присилна работа --- werkkamp --- forced labour --- καταναγκαστική εργασία --- prisilni rad --- kényszermunka --- tvångsarbete --- принудна работа --- lavoro forzato --- reato di riduzione in schiavitù