Abstract
This essay concerns the difficulties of separating “religion” from “political” strategy and tactics, by demonstrating the place of contingencies in ritual performances and the ways they are resolved in a small Ghanaian kingdom. Two rituals are described, both of which in differing ways failed to conform to the actors' precisely and traditionally defined expectations. The rituals themselves became opportunities to realign patterns of political relations and to reinterpret and reconstruct history, and illustrate how conflict may be resolved by appeal for mediation to different levels and hierarchies of authority.[contingency in ritual, micro‐politics, symbolism, conflict resolution, spirit possession, Ghana]
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