“My Desire is for the Poor to Speak Well of Me”

D. Soyini Madison

doi:10.1007/978-1-4039-7958-2_8

“My Desire is for the Poor to Speak Well of Me”

D. Soyini Madison

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Abstract

DP: You spent almost two years in Ghana, teaching literature in and through performance. While there, you began researching the controversial practice of Trokosi: the ritual sacrifice of young girls to shrines usually in reparation for a sexual crime committed by a male member of the girl’s family.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Palgrave Studies in Oral History
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	143-166
Number of pages	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-7958-2_8
State	Published - 2005
Externally published	Yes

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Name	Palgrave Studies in Oral History
ISSN (Print)	2731-5673
ISSN (Electronic)	2731-5681

Keywords

African American Literature
Rich Country
Ritual Sacrifice
Workshop Performance
Young Girl

ASJC Scopus subject areas

History

UN SDGs

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“My Desire is for the Poor to Speak Well of Me”

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