kilombosmaroon societies and,1: 150
Orisha worship in,1: 150
Palo religion in,2: 519
Republic of Palmares and,1: 150
Ye.mo.nja in,2: 736
Yoruba diaspora and,2: 739
See alsoCandomblé; Umbanda
Bubembe, 1:139–140
Buganda people and,1: 139
drums and,1: 222
Mukasalibaale and,1: 139
Ssese Island of Lake Victoria, Uganda and,1: 139
Bubi, 1:140
Buyavs.,1: 140
evil actions and,1: 140
evil eye and,1: 140
evil or ugliness concept and,1: 140
evil thought or heart and,1: 140
evil tongue or speech and,1: 140
Luba religion of the Congo and,1: 140
Budge, E. A. Wallis,1: 40
Bulls, 1:140–142
astrological sign of Taurus the bull and,1: 140
burial ritual of,1: 141
entrainment of with humans and,1: 141
Heru (Horus) and Apis bull and,1: 141
kings as bulls and,1: 141
Mnevis, and Buchis bulls and,1: 141
Montu depicted as,1: 426
sacrifice of unblemished bulls and,1: 141
See alsoApisbull
Bulu, 1:142
ancestral spirits importance to,1: 142
Beti or Ewondo language of,1: 142
Beti-Phauin and,1: 142
cannibalism perhaps practiced by,1: 142
European slave trade and,1: 142
geographic location of,1: 142
medicine, healing of,1: 142
patrilineal kinships of,1: 142
wood and ivory masks of,1: 142
Bumuntu(Muntu),1:142–147
African enslavement and,2:568,2: 570
Akan moral code and,1: 147
cooperationvs.competition and,1: 143
freedom is the engine of morality concept
of,1: 147
“good character is the essence of religion”
concept and,1: 143
holistic religious ethic and,1: 147
hospitality and solidarity elements of,1: 143
Kintu dignity loss and,1: 143
Luba categories of being and,1:143,1:144,
1:144 (table)
Luba ethical character and,1:144,1: 145
(table)
Luba main modes of behavior and,
1:144,1:145 (table)
Luba personhood and,1: 143
Muntu human being concept and,1: 143
Muntu moral character and,1: 142
personal responsibility concept and,1:145–146
personhood concept and,1:91,1:142,
1:146,2: 570
transcendent origin of human beings and,1: 143
See alsoPersonhood
Burial of the dead, 1:148
boats and,1:128–129
Book of the Coming Forth by Day (The Book
of the Dead) and,1:137–138
communal attachment quality of,1: 148
incense and,1: 340
neb ankh and,2:444–445
permanent attachment to ancestral land
and,1: 148
Serer people and,2: 607
Sotho people and,2:625,2: 627
special times for,1: 148
styles of,1: 148
Temne people traditions of,2: 654
west worldview orientation and,1: 135
See alsoDeath; Eternal life; Funeral; Rites of
passage; Rituals; Sarcophagus
Burkina Faso
Bobo people of,1: 129
Mossi people of,2: 529
Burundi
Hutu people of,1: 323
names of God in,1: 290Calame-Griaule, Genevive,1: 215
Calamities, 1:149–150
as broken parts of the spiritual world,1: 149
community lasting damage and,1: 149
divination to determine causal factors of,1: 149
environment balance rituals and,1: 149
modern calamities and,1: 149
sacrifices to remedy,1: 150
spiritual origin of,1: 149
Yoruba Ajogun warlords and,1: 149812 Index