Dagara Cultural History: Cardinal Peter Poreku Dery

1. Memoirs of Most Rev. Peter Porekuu Dery; Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale , by Peter Porekuu Dery, GILLBT Press, Tamale, (2003); 162 pp; 9 illustrations. Synopsis: This book is a significant publication by Dery and has been the most influential up to date. It does not only recount the personal story of Dery's life and religious career which began as a priest in formation within Dagara religion and ended with his retirement as an archbishop of the catholic church, but also deal with heroic deeds of the first catholic missionaries who are responsible for the planting of Catholicism in Northern Ghana. In this context, it is book about cultural contact, dialogue and reconciliation. As such, the book is an important contribution to the cultural history of Northern Ghana. Content: Sunset in the morning for Mwankurinaa - My roots and early years; a Dagao with the Dagara, a Sisala with the Sisala - How I cam into contact with the Missionaries - My formal education and seminary tra

Alexis B. Tengan (ed.) Religion, Culture, Society and Integral Human Development: proceedings of Cardinal Poreku Dery third colloquium First published in 2017 by Sub-SaharanPublishers P.O.Box 358 Legon-Accra Contact/Order: click Synopsis: The present book presents a collection of papers presented during the third Cardinal Poreku Dery Colloquium held at Wa, Ghana. Cardinal Dery Colloquia are part of an action research movement and study initiated by Dr. Alexis B. Tengan since 2003 which are seeking to provide a heritage institution of integral human development in the fullest sense of the term. The focus of the movement is to create intellectual awareness for self and guided education into the depths of religious, cultural, economic, social and philosophical movements and ideas before and after foreign religious (Islam, Christianity etc.) arrival particularly in northern Ghana and in Africa generally. The main objective is to identify and document the tangible and intangib