In my time of dying : a history of death and the dead in West Africa / John Parker.

Introduction
Cultural Encounter
Body, Soul and Person
Speaking of Death
Grief and Mourning
Gold, Wealth and Burial
Faces of the Dead
The Severed Head
Slaves
Human Sacrifice
Poison
Christian Encounters
From House Burial to Cemeteries
Ghosts and Vile Bodies
Writing and Reading about Death
The Colony of Medicine
Wills and Dying Wishes
Northern Frontiers
Reordering the Royal Dead
Making Modern Deathways
Conclusion.