Encyclopedia of African Religion

Olson, J. S. (1996).The Peoples of Africa:An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. NKISI Nkisi(Minikisiis t ...

Nkisi 451 Carved wooden figure(Nkisi),Kongo,Congo,late 19th century.The iron blades embedded into the figure are believed to rel ...

or soul within spirit embodying material, a spark that may be an ancestor returning from the other- world to serve the owner spi ...

as “the food of Usondo.” Nothing in creation can escape the idea of Usondo because it goes to the heart of origin. All Zulu are ...

happiness, felicity, and peace. To achieve the full manifestation of nkwa,ahonyade(posses- sions, prosperity) must be present, a ...

Although the concept of Nommo is most iden- tified with the Dogon, it can be found in the African classical texts, with the same ...

social development or growth and no integration into human society. Naming, for Africans, is sig- nificant because it identifies ...

African religion, spirituality, and culture have had a tremendous impact and influence on the Euro-American culture of North Ame ...

South Carolina, came out of the Dunham School. He was a dancer in Dunham’s company who trav- eled with her to Haiti and other pl ...

further initiations and training in Haiti—she received the title and position of Gro Mambo (i.e., High Priestess). Her primary l ...

Further Readings Amen, R. U. N. (1996).Metu Neter:Vol. 1 .The Oracle of Tehuti and the Egyptian System of Spiritual Cultivation. ...

idea is cattle exchange, but this is not the sum total of it; the cattle exchange is made possible and is activated by the relig ...

Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (1951).Kinship and Marriage Among the Nuer. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press. Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (1956).Nu ...

Meanings of the Number 3 Red, black, and green are the three traditional African colors. The Samake collect themselves in three ...

worship four gods. Scarification rites conducted by the Tiv people include four generations of par- ticipants. In West Africa, t ...

construct. The plural would have been anyame, which is nonadmissible in the Akan language. To emphasize the Oneness of Nyame, th ...

Akan ecclesiastics and belief system, he is named Kwame (or Kwa-Amen-a). This simply affirmed the linkage of Akan ancient roots ...

The old woman soon passed a man up in a palm tree and she asked him if he would give her baby a little palm wine because the lit ...

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OATHS In Africa, oath s are promisesor statementsof fac t that cal l on some thing that a person feels to be sacred and hol y, f ...