Table of Contents

Part 1: General Background 1. The People and the Problem2. Approaches to the Study of Mortuary Institutions3. The Analysis of Ceremony and Rite Part 2: Death 4. The Day of Death5. The Day of Death: Mourning the Dead6. Adjustment to Loss: The Second Day7. The Burial of the Dead8. Income and Outlay9. After the Burial10. The Causes of Death11. The Bitter Funeral Beer12. From Ghost to Spirit: The Final Ceremony Part 3: Property 13. The Merry Bells: Intergenerational Transmission and its Conflicts14. Property15. Inheritance16. Succession and Inheritance Among the LoDagaa17. The Eschatology of the LoDagaa18. Diis minibus19. Conclusions