Emit deity of,1:203–204
funeral ceremony of,1: 204
geographic location and origins of,1: 203
Islam and,1:203–204
“itinerant trader” meaning of,1: 204
nonhierarchical social structure of,1: 203
rice production focus of,1: 203
twin births and,2: 462
See alsoJola
Diop, Alioune,1: 105
Diop, C. A.,1:366,2:579,2: 607
Dioula, 1:204–205
geographic locations of,1: 204
Muslims and,1: 204
Qadiriyya vs.Tijaniyya groups and,1:204–205
religious group rivalry and,1: 204
Sufi form of Islam and,1: 204
Disease, 1:205–206
ethnobotanical treatment of,1: 206
family and community affected by,1: 205
healers and,1: 205
HIV epidemic and,1: 205
loss of soul and,1: 205
mind-body-spirit connection and,1: 205
sorcerers induction of,1:206,2: 585
spirit possession and,1: 205
See alsoHealing; Health; Medicine
Divination systems, 1:206–209
Agumagadivining chain of Ewe and,1: 251
ancestor communication using,1:206,1: 207
of Baluba people,1: 208
of Banyarwandans,1: 107
of Batonga people and,1:112–113
of Bemba people,1: 119
Bokonon as practitioner of Fá divination and,
1:132,1:257,2: 497
Bokonon of Fon Cosmology and,1:131–132
community crises and,1: 418
cowrie shells and,1:183–184,1: 417
ethics of,1: 209
healing and,1:309–310,1: 311
holistic epistemology of,1: 207
Rémy T. Hounwanou diviner and,1: 267
of Ifa Babalawo priesthood,1:86–87,1:209,
1:309–310,1: 334
Ikin divination and,1: 334
incarnation and,1: 338
LaiboniMaasai diviners and,1: 398
of Lobi people,1:382–383
medicine and,1:417–418
of Obeah (Comfa),2: 472
oracles as diviners and,2: 497
Orunmila as deity of divination and,
2:474,2: 507
of Oya people,2: 515
prevalence of,1: 206
process of,1: 208
prophecy, wisdom, healing technique
and,1: 206
purification practices and,1: 289
rabbits as diviners and,2: 646
sacred gourd contents and,1: 208
social role of,1:206–207
tools of,1:208,1:334,2:497,2: 507
training for,1:207,1: 417
as West African religious strata,2: 712
Western dismissal of,1:206–207
of Yoruba people,1:208–209
See alsoIfa; Nganga; Sangoma
Divinities, 1:209–212
categories of,1: 212
deified personalities and,1: 212
description of,1:209,1: 211
“godlike” meaning of term and,1: 209
male and female genders of,1: 211
natural phenomena names of,1:211–212
Per-aa, Amenhotep III and,1: 210
personification of natural features and,1: 212
sacrifice to,1: 211
Supreme Being relationship of,1:211–212
See alsoAbosom; Orisha(orisa);specific
divinity
Djehuty deity of language,1: 54
Dogon, 1:212–217
Amma, Nommo, and revered ancestors
hierarchy of,1: 213
Amma supreme creator god of,1:40–41,
1:185,1:216–217,1:219,1: 288
ancestral couple statuary of,1: 214
anthropological studies of,1: 213
Binu totemic practice of,1: 213
burial taboos of,1: 277
circumcision and,1:213,1: 343
creation stories of,1:185,1:216–217,
1:264,2: 717
cultivation and burial land taboo in,1: 18
Dama Festival of ancestors and,2: 576
Dogon-Tellem rain dance figures and,2: 561
drum’s role in agricultural rituals of,2: 463
duality and pairing of opposites in,1: 40
Egyptian similarities of,1: 215
esoteric tradition of,1: 40820 Index