Basuto, 1:110–111
British and,1: 111
Christianity’s effect on language of,1: 110
geographic location of,1: 110
Sesotho language of,1: 110
Bata drums, 1:111–112
range, character, and name variations in,1: 111
special care of,1: 111
two types of,1: 111
Yoruba origin of,1: 111
Batonga, 1:112–113
ancestors and diviners importance to,1: 112
chiTonga language of,1: 112
dreams interpretation by,1:220–221
geographic locations of,1: 112
matrilinealism of,1: 112
Ngoni conquest of,1: 112
reincarnation belief of,1:112–113
Bats, 1:113–114
agricultural products and,1: 113
fruit bat and,1: 113
healing, rituals and,1: 114
locust tree and,1: 113
lore, mysticism, religion and,1: 114
mummies and,1: 113
sacred place in the cycle of life and,1: 113
symbolism of,1: 113
yellow-winged bat, “False vampire bat”
and,1: 113
Batwa(Twa),1:114–115
collective, equalized social system of,1: 114
geographic location of,1:114,1: 323
guardians and benefactors of the forest
and,1: 114
Bawon Samdi, 1:115
Gede family, spirits of the dead and,1: 115
Gran Brijit relationship with,1: 115
Haitian Vodou deity classification of,1: 115
Baya, 1:115–116
agriculture of,1: 116
Christianity, Islam and,1: 116
Sangho language of,1: 116
Beads, 1:116–117
Akamba people trade using,1: 23
Bamun art and,1: 103
burial ceremony and,1: 50
infants and children protected by,1:116–117
Kwasi legend of Amokye people and,1:41–43
Mami Wata and,1: 404
pregnant women protected by,1: 117
social standing, cultural, marital and spiritual
meanings of,1: 116
value of specific beads and,1: 117
Voudism and,1: 83
Beja, 1:117–118
Beni-Amer Beja independent group of,1: 118
external influences resisted by,1: 118
geographic location of,1: 117
horizontal sacredness and,1: 117
jinns belief of,1: 118
khalifar human stewardship concept
of,1: 118
nomadic, tent oriented life of,1: 117
pre-Islamic, Islamic beliefs and,1: 117
Silif and managed natural resources
exploitation and,1:117–118
subgroups of,1: 117
TuBedawiye language of,1: 117
Bemba, 1:118–119
bashinganga(diviners) of,1: 119
clay pot representation of woman’s womb and,
1:126,1:170,1:265,1:410,2: 573
east, west, sun, Earth, rainy seasons symbols
of,1: 119
geographic location of,1: 118
IciBemba language of,1: 118
imipashiancestors importance to,1: 119
Lesa, God, Supreme Being and,1:118–119
Luba empire and,1: 118
umukowatotems of,1: 119
women pot making initiation and,1: 171
Benin
Bariba people of,1: 107
deifying the dead ritual system of,1: 20
Egungun costume representation and,1: 232
Ewe people of,1: 250
Igbo people of,1: 333
kingship traditions in,1: 366
Olokun worship in,2:489–490
serpent attributes and,2: 608
See alsoFon; Vodou in Benin
Bes, 1:119–123
column at Temple of Karnak, Upper Egypt
and,1: 122
a dwarf, a domestic god, and protector of
women in childbirth,1: 120
a god for all reasons,1:121–122
as great representative of humanity,1: 119
history of,1: 121
newborn children and,1: 121Index 809