Encyclopedia of African Religion

470 Obatala taking the oath of kingship. If one does not fol- low the oath, then one has violated the people. Therefore, the Afr ...

his ally, Obawinni. Obatala still challenged Odudua’s kingship through raids at night, legend has it, with the Igbo who had mask ...

Thompson, R. F. (1993).Face of the Gods:Art and Altars of Africa and the African Americas. NewYork: The Museum for African Art. ...

Ocean 473 Comfa songs are in the Kikongo language. Furthermore, it is possible to describe the Zulu religious system as capable ...

For the Yoruba, the divinity of the sea and marshesisOlókun.AmongsomeYorubaandEdo of Nigeria, Olókun, which means “owner of the ...

venerated as a female orisha. E. Bolali Idowu takes this position given the goddess tradition in Yorubaland, and words found in ...

Puerto Rico, and the United States; Voudun in Haiti; Shango in Cuba; and Candomblé in Brazil. Ifa also retains its name and orth ...

ase(ashay),thepowerandauthoritytoaccomplish it. This evolves the concept of the good world while conceding the evil that exists ...

“Fullknowledge”and“wisdomadequatetogovern theworld”arecitedasthefirstrequirementstohave agoodworldandtoachieveagoodworld.Thewis- ...

accepted as influential in the cosmic order. On specialoccasionsamongsomeAfricangroups,the sacrifice of a cow or bull represents ...

groups and members, however, are under the authorityoftheAlafin(i.e.,thepoliticalleader)of the Yoruba. As the ultimate chief of ...

creation of the world according to the Kmtic (ancient Egyptian) priesthood of Khmnw (Hermopolis to the Greeks), which literally ...

Republic of Benin), for example, Ogun appeared as Gu, the god of iron and war, and ranked third intheVodupantheon,rightafterMawu ...

World and New(2nd ed., pp. 147–172).Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. Barnes, S. (Ed.). (1997).Africa’s Og ...

Okomfo Asare appeared from the depth of River Birem with red clay on his body and charcoal marksonhisshoulders,itsignifiedabadom ...

Tuesday,Benada Dapaa(holy Tuesday), is the sacred day for the celebration of Ohum and the remembrance of the ancestors. The day ...

shrine of Gyemperem; they sing and dance to a specialakom(spirit possession) music in praise of the river king. There is prohibi ...

thetrainingofagegroupcohorts,thecontinuation of the religious traditions, and the keeping of cus- tomsandbeliefs.EldersintheMwir ...

philosophy, and sworn unity with all minor kings of the region. To test the solidarity of the nation, Asante went to war against ...

The word mare presents some etymological difficulty. An option is to accept the explana- tion of Idowu drawn from Yoruba myth th ...