304 i n de x
Kinyamkela (Tanzanian film), 274n4
(c h a p. 5)
K iri, Moukayla, 44–45
K isukuma language, 75
Kiu Movie Magic (weekly), 158
K izza, Vincent, 73–74
Koagne, Donatien, 276n7 (chap. 7)
Komanda Mugu (the Wicked Major;
Babule/Hauka spirit), 20, 21, 44, 272n1
(chap. 1); costumes representing, 29; in
Kano, 54; as Mushe spirit in Ghana, 45
Koran (Qur’an): in bin Laden imagery, 182,
183, 186, 193; Hausa video filmmakers
and, 132, 134, 136
Kountché, Seyni, 52, 54
K ramer, Fritz, 12, 13, 38–40, 52
Kurawa, Abdulkadir A., 123–124
Kurfey region (Niger), 32, 33, 37, 38
Kuti, Fela A nikulapo, 245
Kuti, John, 220–221
Kwaito music, 232–233, 236, 246, 250, 253,
256; Mandoza as legend of, 233, 237;
Nam flava and, 26, 230. See also EES
Kwaki, Mohammadu, 52
Kwamitin Ladabtarwa da Daidaita Sahu
(Disciplinary and Moral A lignment
Committee), 140
Kwankwaso, Rabi’u Musa, 146, 175
Lady May (Namibian rapper), 237
Lagos, Nigeria, 59, 166, 173; bin Laden im-
agery in, 180–182, 183–185, 186; scammers
in, 220–221, 223
Lake Victoria, Bukoba disaster on, 100,
103, 104
Larkin, Brian, 6, 126
Laroche, Joseph Philippe Lemercier,
273n3
Last, Murray, 174, 195
Lekgoa (Francois Henning), 247, 277n18
Lemmy (photo-novel character), 61, 62, 62,
66, 69, 82
Les maîtres fous (The mad masters; Rouch
film), 43, 272n3
Lesotho, 66
Lév y-Bruhl, Lucien, 271n3
Lienhardt, Godfrey, 13, 38–39
life-worlds, 2, 3, 7, 16, 26, 40
Lips, Julius, 13, 26
Lisidan (Mushe spirit), 45
literature, mimesis in, 13
London Holiday (Spearman story), 68
London or Naija (W hite Nigerian clip on
YouTube), 233–234
look-reads. See photo novels
Loren, Sophia, 57
Lufufu (Derek Gaspar Mukandala),
158–162
Luhmann, Niklas, 181, 182MacGaffey, Wyatt, 115
Mad Doc (photo-novel character), 62
mad scientist figure, 80
Madame Lokotoro, the Doctor’s Wife
(s p i r i t), 4 4
“Maga don pay” (The fool has paid; Han-
some song), 223
magic, 201, 218–219, 276n8 (chap. 7)
Magnet (photo-play magazine), 272n9
Maguzawa spirits, 30
“Mahambeko” (Blessing; EES song and
video), 235, 236, 237
Mahdi (messianic figure in Islam), 195
Mai Mota, the Truck Driver (spirit), 44
Mai ya’ki (Owner of War; Babule spirit),
49–52, 54
Maintain, Olu, 222–223
Majonzi (Grief; Tanzanian video film), 103
Mandoza, 233, 237, 237
Manento, David E., 165, 168
Marks, Laura, 15
Marlowe, Philip (fictional character), 70
marriages, arranged or forced, 88, 89
Marvel Comics, 77, 78
Marx, Karl, 224
Masoyiyata/Titanic (My darling/Titanic;
Ashu-Brown film), 86–94, 93, 117–118
Masquelier, Adeline, 31, 37–38
mass culture, 22, 269, 270
Master, The (Nigerian film), 213–214, 220,
222, 267
Mato, Mato na, 187