diviners and,1: 206
enslaved Muslims and,1: 201
of Fulani herders,2: 639
of Fula people,1: 275
Gulu and,1: 299
Jola people and,1: 355
Kurumba people and,1: 372
Mossi people and,1: 427
Peul people and,2: 527
sky and Earth duality and,2:619–620
Songhai culture and,2: 742
sunnaclitorectomy practice and,1: 172
Sunnivs.Sufi Islam and,1: 204
Swahili people and,2: 640
Vai people and,2: 685
of Wolof people,2: 724
Yao people and,2: 734
Yoruba people and,1: 331
Zarma and,2: 741
Ivory Coast
Akan people of, Adu Ogyinae first man in
mythology,1:10–11
Guro people of,1: 300
Lobi people of,1: 382
Iwa, 1:346–347
character and patience relationship and,1: 347
character or moral behavior meaning of,1: 346
doing good worldwide and,1: 347
essence of being meaning of,1: 346
meanings of,1: 346
Odu Ifasacred text and,1:346–347
Orunmila and,1: 347
self-sustaining characteristic of,1: 347
See alsoIwa pele; Maat
Iwa pele, 1:348–349
Baba Iwa, patience and,1: 349
gentleness of good character meaning
of,1: 348
Iwa characteristics and,1:348–349
Iwa concept and,1:346–347,1: 348
life after death and,1: 349
Orunmila, Olodumare and,1: 348
reward and punishment and,1: 349
See alsoMaat
Iyalorisha, 1:349–351
as bride of the Orisha,1: 349
initial period of,1: 350
Iyawo initiation, restrictions and,1:350–351
life of,1: 351
as medium of the gods,1: 349
ongoing restrictions of,1:350–351
overview of,1: 350
ritual possession trances and,1: 349Jackal symbolism
Amma and,1:41,1: 217
Anubis and,1:57,1:61–63,1:62,2: 710
Jamaica
Convince branch of African religion in,1: 177
Ethiopianism precursor to Rastafarianism
in,1: 200
Kumina religion in,1:370–371
Mother Women spirit mediums in,2: 633
Pocomania religion in,2: 531
Queen Nanni, Jamaican Rebellion and,1:407,
2:441–443
Jok (Acholi), 1:353
ajwakamedicine people and,1: 353
as creator and sustainer of the universe,1: 353
immortality, ancestors and,1: 353
life dichotomies and,1: 353
lipospirit or soul of humans and,1: 353
names and functions of,1: 353
Jola, 1:354–355
Bukutinitiation ceremony of,1:354–355
double or twin totemic system of,1: 354
economic activities of,1: 354
Emit,Person of the Sky as Creator God
and,1: 354
funerals and boy’s’ initiation rituals of,1: 354
geographic locations of,1: 354
sacred and secular unity and,1: 354
See alsoDiola
Judaism
Amen and,1: 37
Jews exile and,1: 200
Juju, 1:355–356
healing and,1: 355
magic, women’s spiritual force and,1: 355
magical power infused into an object,1: 355
monkey’s head object of,1: 355
passionately performed West African music
and,1: 356
“plaything” meaning of,1: 355
Justice, 1:356–357
African land tenure system and,1: 357
Book of the Coming Forth by Dayand,1: 357
freedom linked to,1:356,1: 357
natural justicevs.social justice and,1:356–357
principle of equal standing in nature
and,1: 356
Principles of Opposites and,1: 356832 Index