Encyclopedia of African Religion

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have identified other correspondences in the reli- gious and philosophical traditions of Africa. The fact that Western or Islami ...

the continent of Africa, and the earliest human consciousness toward the awesomeness of nature and the mysteries of life and dea ...

Ancestors appear more important on a daily basis than the Supreme Deity. It is the ancestors who must be feared, who must be app ...

Chukwu, is not regularly worshipped in any sense. Using the African system of understanding, the nature of being one cannot conc ...

The Yoruba God nameOlorunis derived from Orun, which means “heaven,” andOl, the prefix for owner. The myths of Olorun are less a ...

South Africa have given the Supreme Being many praise names, but, in effect, the Supreme Deity is a Creator God. The idea of pra ...

Snake, tree, and river often figure together in some religious rites. Some ethnic groups in Benin believe that snakes are ancest ...

ask, “What are the similarities, for instance, between the Nile Valley cultures and other African cultures?” Clearly, what is re ...

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ABALUYIA Th e nameAbaluyia ref ersto a lar ge ethnicandlin - guistic group that liv esin Kenya and parts of Uganda.When spe akin ...

2 Abasi Wagner, G. (1965). The Abaluyia of Kavirondo (Kenya). In Daryll Forde (Ed.),African Worlds(pp. 37–38). New York: Oxford ...

are the Pinyin, Mankon, Awing, Bambulewie, Bafut, Bafreng, Mandankwe, Mbili, Mbambili, Mbui, Bamunkum, and Kpati. To these peopl ...

Descriptive Overview Created by Nyame to fulfill specific functions, the abosom derive their power from Nyame and serve as the m ...

Nana Esi Ketewaa is a deified female ancestor originally from the Akuapem region of Ghana. It is said that she became pregnant i ...

There is now illness, death, and trouble on the Earth as a direct result of the separation of the Creator from the people of the ...

family and friends and provides a site for the settling of disputes; contributes economically to the locale via attendees’ contr ...

worlds—the two complement each other and often overlap. The physical is directed by the power of the spiritual—Nyame, the Abosom ...

as “flashy” until the Ayie has been performed. During the funerary rituals, the wearing of partic- ular and appropriate cloths d ...