Encyclopedia of African Religion

Th e followinglist of th e namesof Godin Africa
was compiled by th e sch olarand au thorDr.
Emeka Nwadiora of TempleUn ive rsity.The se
namesare collectedfro m personalknowledge,lit -
er ar y references,and oral narratives. Wh ile quite
extensive,this list is not exhaustivesinc e the re are
namesfor the supremedei ty in everyAfr ican eth -
nic or linguisticcommunity and thereare mo re
than 2,000 such grou ps on the continent. Th e
re adersh ouldfind this list impressivein its reach
across the continentof Afri ca fromnorth to
south,east to west.

Namesof Go d AmongSome

NigerianEthnici ties

Ethnicity Name/NamesofGod

IGBO Chi, Ch iu kwu,Chineke, Olisa
IDOMA Owoico
IGBTRRA Ih in egba
IBI BIO Ab asii
GWARI Shekwo
BASSA Agwatana
BIRNAWA Kash ir i
DUNGI Kash ir i
EDO Osanobua
EGEDE Ohei
ITSEKIRI Oritse
KADARA Onum
UROBO Oghene
TIV Ao undo
YORUBA Oluwa,Olo dumare, Oloun

KANGORO Gwaza

INDEM Osowwo

JAW Egbesii

JUKUM Chido

KA TAB Gwaza

IYALA Owwo

Namesof Go d AmongSome

GhanaianEthnicities

Ethnicity NameofGod

BIRI FOR Nawe

EWE Mawu

FANTI Nyame

GA Zemawon

GR UNSHI We

KO KOMBA Ombo

AKAN Oyame

ASANTE Onyankopon

TWI Onyankopon

Namesof Go d AmongSome

KenyanEth nicities

Ethnicity NameofGod

POKOT Toronit

DI GO Mulungu

DU RUMA Mulungu

EMBU Ngai

GLKUYU Murungu

GI RYAMA Mulungu

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Names of Godin Africa