Encyclopedia of African Religion

woman. She conducts rainmaking ceremonies, leads the infected to the waterfall for cleansing during epidemic disease, installs n ...

the ways.” Wepwawet was the opener of the ways in the south (Upper Kemet), whereas Anubis was the opener of the ways in the nort ...

systems that have been handed over orally from one generation to another. Evidently, every religion hands over teachings orally ...

over and above all categories of supernatural beings? Although divinities, in many cases, serve as mediating forces between huma ...

state of humanity—not their physical color. (Some scholars of African descent have contested that people should not be judged or ...

justice. White clay is smeared on the novices after they have completed some pretasks to prepare for their initiation into the s ...

African religions in the diaspora, the sacred space is charged by polyrhythmic drumming, call-and- response singing, praising of ...

Gage, J. (1999).Color and Culture:Practice and Meaning From Antiquity to Abstraction. Berkeley: University of California Press. ...

WINTI Winti is the expression of African religion in Suriname, a country located on the northeast coast of South America, facing ...

Winti 719 Tata Busi Tapu Winti (Air/Cosmos) Sjoro Wenu (Earth) Watra Wenu (Water) Opete Kromanti Kondre Aisa Ondro WatraGron Mam ...

720 Winti subdeities in the Winti pantheon, the immortal human soul and its integration to the complex of ancestral human spirit ...

To maintain spiritual wellness, it is sometimes recommended to wash the kra and provide food offerings to the particular Winti t ...

refers to the king of all vultures. There are six other associate gods in this pantheon, but they are all subordinate to the Ope ...

night. The instruments played in the typical Winti ceremony are the drums, which are key to calling on the divinities. The adjid ...

and prejudices while taking a critical look with a view at possibly eliminating any dysfunctional aspects of the tradition. Djib ...

Arab and European religions and customs. Now the overwhelming majority of African societies are patriarchal. As in all patriarch ...

power of their words, dominion over things, which they can change and make work for their purposes and command them. The Dogon b ...

weighed her down and, ultimately, Woyengi vehemently denied Ogboinba’s request, angrily reminding her that the choice she made w ...

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XHOSA TheXhosa are oneof thegreatpeople of So uth Africa.Theyar e concentrat ed in the so utheastpa rt of thecountry,but arefoun ...