Encyclopedia of African Religion

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Ed itorialBoard Ed itors MolefiKeteAsante TempleUniversity Ama Mazama TempleUniversity Ed itor ial Boar d Chinua Achebe Ba rd Co ...

EDITORS MOLEFI KETE ASANTE TEMPLE UNIVERSITY AMA MAZAMA TEMPLE UNIVERSITY RELIGION ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AFRICAN ...

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List of Entries vii Reader’s Guide xi About the Editors xv Contributors xvii Introduction xxi - A^1 N Entries - B 85 O - C ...

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Abaluyia Abasi Abela Abosom Abuk Adae AdinkraSymbols AduOgyinae Africism Afterlife AgeGro ups Agricultural Rites Agwe AidaWedo A ...

Chewa Chi Children Chiwara Chokwe Circumcision Clay Clitorectomy Color Symbolism Congo Jack Conjurers Convince Cosmology Cowrie ...

Kumina Kurumba Kwa Ba Lakes Laveau, Marie Lele Lightning Lobi Lomwe Lovedu Lugbara Luo Lwa Maasai Maat Magic Makandal Mambo Mami ...

Sara Saramacca Sarcophagus Seba Seclusion Seers Sekhmet Senufo Serapis Serer Serpent Seshat Set Seven Shame Shango Shawabti Shil ...

Ancestr al Figures Abuk Boukman Chiwara Fatiman,Cécile Gulu Guro Imhotep Makandal Nanny Nehanda Oduduwa Communalismand Family Ab ...

Ausar Auset Azaka, the Loa Bes Bondye Chi Danbala Wedo Divinities Eleda Eniyan Ennead Esu, Elegba Ezili Dantò Ezili Freda Faro G ...

Chaminuka Congo Jack Conjurers Divination Systems Houngan Hounsi Iyalorisha Mambo Mutwa, Credo Vusamazulu Nganga Priests Sangoma ...

Oral Text Oral Tradition Proverbs and Teaching Words Traditions Akan Asante Azande Baga Baganda Bakongo Bakota Balanta Balengue ...

MolefiKete Asanteis professorin theDepartment ofAfricanAmericanStudiesat TempleUniversity. Dr.Asante haspublished 67 books;among ...

She has published eight books in French or English, including The Afrocentric Paradigm (2003), L’Impératif Afrocentrique(2003),T ...

OluwatoyinVincent Adepoju UniversityCollege,London SaheedAderinto Universityof Texasat Aus tin AfeAdogame Universityof Edinburgh ...

Philip U. Effiong University of Maryland University College Zetla K. Elvi State University of New York Femi Euba Louisiana State ...

Nashay M. Pendleton Temple University D. Zizwe Poe Lincoln University Tiffany D. Pogue Florida International University Pamela D ...