Ananse stories in,1: 44
Bobo people of,1: 129
Ewe people of,1: 250
Ga people of,1:48,1:279–280
harvest festivals in,1: 19
Homowo Festival (yam) of,2: 731
Igbo people of,1: 333
kingship tradition in,1:364,1: 366
Mossi people of,1: 427
names of God in,1:290,2: 747
Tallensi people of,2: 647
Wli Falls in,2: 709
See alsoAkan; Asante
Ginen, 1:282–284
abode of ancestral spirits and,1:282–283,
1: 302
African heritage and,1: 283
the afterlife and,1:283–284
gwobonanj and tibonanj parts of soul and,
1:283,1:296–297,1:302,2:664,
2:698–699
Haitian Vodu and West Africa link and,
1:282–283
lwa residence and,1: 283
lwe Gede, Lwa of Death and,1: 283
Vodu prevalence and,1: 284
Vodu word meaning and,1:283,1: 296
Glaze, Anita J.,2: 605
God, 1:284–293
African assessments of,1:285–286
African religiosity and,1:284–285
cosmotheandric nature of,1: 286
creation narratives and,1: 288
equality of his/her caring love and,1:288–289
forms and characteristics of,1: 291
globalization context and,1:284,1: 292
God as “Adro-Adroa” (near and far away)
and,1:287–288,1:292,1: 293
God as a self-evident truth and,1: 286
God as creator and,1: 292
God as “Father of Laughter” concept of,
1:288,1:292–293
God as Mother and,1:288–289,1: 292
God as omnipotent, omnipresent, and
omniscient and,1:289–290
God as “Sha-Bantu-ne-Bintu” (father of all
things and human beings) and,1: 288
God as unknowable concept and,1:286–287
holiness, righteousness, and goodness of,1: 289
knowledge of,1:286–287
Laughing God concept and,1: 288
masculine and feminine forms of,1:288–289
monotheismvs.polytheism and,1: 285
names of,1:290–291
outsider’s (Western) view of,1: 285
religious tolerance and,1:292–293
transcendence of,1: 287
understanding of the world and,1: 291
universal brotherhood in global village
and,1: 292
Vidye Kadi Katonye (God’s purity) and,1: 289
as warrior against evil forces,1: 291
world peace and interreligious dialogue and,
1:291–292
See alsoAmen
Goddesses, 1:293–295
Asase Yaa of Asante and,1:73–74,1: 295
in the Diaspora,1: 295
female procreation and,1: 293
Isis and Ma’at in Egypt and,1:293–294
Nut (Nit, Net, Nekhebt) and,1:293–294
omnipotence and omnipresence of,1: 293
womb symbolism and,1: 293
of Yoruba,1: 294
See also specific goddess
Gola, 1:295–296
agricultural economy of,1: 295
agricultural festivals of,1: 296
ancestors importance to,1: 295
geographic location and origins of,1: 295
reincarnation belief of,1:295–296
rites of passage of,1: 296
Govi, 1:296–297
gwobonanj reclamation ritual and,1:296–297,
2:575,2:698–699,2: 699
Great Ennead.SeeEnnead
Griaule, Marcel,1:213,1:215–216,
1:217,1: 218
Grimal, Nicolas,1: 41
Groves, sacred, 1:297–298
ancestors and nature and,1: 297
cave images and,1: 298
colonial defilement of,1: 298
Great Zimbabwe shrine and,1: 298
Matopo Hills shrines and,1:297–298
sanctity and sanctuary and,1:297–298
Tano Sacred Grove and,2:648–649
totems and,1: 298
trees and,2: 670
World Heritage Sites and,1: 297826 Index