This analysis reveals how coloniality influences perceptions of the demonic in Ghana, suggesting a deep-seated connection to historical trauma.
What does the obsession among Pentecostal churches in Ghana with the demonic tell us about the scrambled lives of Africans in the aftermath of colonization? Might coloniality be the ultimate demonic power? Homewood’s Seductive Spirits shows how colonial occupation, like the demon that possesses or occupies another body, displaced the palpitating core of African subjects.
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