Faro, 1:261–262
Mande creation story and,1:261–262
as restoration and fertility god of Mande
people,1: 261
Fatiman, Cecile, 1:262–263
Bois Caiman ceremony and,1:131,1: 262
Dutty Boukman and,1:138,1: 262
Danse á Don Pédre and,1:262–263
Haitian Revolution and,1:262–263
NanchonPetwo Vodou rite and,1: 262
See alsoBois Caiman; Boukman(Dutty
Boukman, Zamba Boukman);Vodou and
the Haitian Revolution
Fertility, 1:263–265
Aida Wedo and,1:20–21
androgynous Supreme Being and,1: 264
baobab tree and,2: 671
Bes deity and,1: 121
blessings offerings and,1: 126
clay pot and womb analogy and,1:126,1:170,
1:264,1:410–411,2:536,2: 573
color symbolism and,1: 174
Danbala (Dambala) Wedo and,1:20–21,
1:192–193
Ezili Dantò and,1: 254
food taboos and,1: 265
the Gods and ancestors and,1: 264
homosexuality taboo and,1: 342
human, animal, and land fertility importance
and,1: 263
perpetuation and regeneration of life and,
1: 263
polygamy and,2: 540
ritual and art and,1:264–265
sexual fusion concept and,1: 342
shared life force of,1: 263
sky and Earth duality and,2:619–620
Sky/male and Earth/female creative powers
and,1:263,1: 342
social importance of,1:263–264,1: 342
water and,1:263–264,1:342,
1:411,2: 573
See alsoBirth; Procreation; Puberty
Festivals
Adae “resting place” festival of the Akan and,
1:6–7,2: 579
Akwasidae festival and,1:6,1: 7
Awukudae festival and,1:6,1: 7
harvest festivals and,1: 305
Ohum festival and,1: 127
yam festivals and,1:19,1:305,2:731,2: 733
See alsoCeremonies; Offering; Rites of
passage; Rituals; Sacrifice
Fetish, 1:265–267
in Africa,1: 265
Catholic “Anti-Superstitious Campaigns”
(Haiti) and,2: 696
derivatives of word and,1: 266
godsvs.,1: 267
meaning of,1:265,2: 636
respect for,1: 266
“reverence,” positive connotation of,1: 265
sumanvs.,2: 636
Vodun fetishes and,1:266,1:267 (table)
Finch, Charles,1:306,1:314,1: 315
Fire, 1:267–268
Air, Earth, water universe elements and,
1:267–268
Dagara cosmology and,1: 268
Kalûnga and,1: 361
oppositional character of,1: 268
Ra sun god and,1: 268
Fisher, Robert B.,1: 285
Flag and flag planting, 1:268–269
description and use of,1:268–269
hieroglyphs on,1: 269
historical record regarding,1: 269
human beings, communities, ancestors
connected by,1: 268
remembrance and love marker of,1: 268
sacred animals or objects on,1: 269
streamers, pennants and,1: 269
taboos regarding,1: 269
Fon, 1:270–272
Agbè and Naètè twin sea deities of,2: 473
Agwe and,1: 20
Aido Hwedo, the snake and,1: 270
ancestor reverence by,1:195,1: 271
ancestorsvs.dead distinction of,1: 20
Bois Caiman and,1: 132
Book of Fa and,1: 271
Candomblés from,1: 152
cosmology of,1:270–272
creation story of,1: 185
Dahomy Kingdom and,1: 270
death traditions of,1:195,1: 197
drums and,1: 222
Egungun costume representation and,1: 232
geographic location and origins of,1: 270
govi jar and,1:296–297824 Index