Trokosi

Trokosi

See also: trokosi

English

Alternative forms

• Troxovi

Etymology

From the Ewe words tro (“god”) + kosi (“female slave”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: trō kō sē

Noun

Trokosi (plural Trokosis or Trokosi)

1. The practice of ritual servitude in parts of Africa.
   • 1998,Ghana Criminal Code of 1960, Act 29, Amendment

     Trokosi is practiced in the southern Volta Region of Ghana.

2. A person held in ritual servitude under this system.
   • 2001, Mark Wisdom, The Trokosi System, FESLIM, PO Box 25, Adidome, Ghana

     The trokosi frequently complain that they were abused and dehumanized.

Synonyms

• Voodoosi

Translations

practice of ritual servitude

person held in ritual servitude

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Ewe: (please verify) Fiashidi (Anlo)

See also

• ritual servitude