A Conversation with Vivian Dzokoto

March 2018

Vivian Dzokoto, Ph.D., associate professor of African American Studies, spoke with Brooke Newman, Ph.D., associate director of the Humanities Research Center and associate professor of history, about her research in rural Ghana during the summer of 2017, interviewing traditional priests at the shrines of African deities about their roles as diviners, problem-solvers and health care providers in their local communities.

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