Nana Buluku, 2:440–441
androgynous deity representing the
“beginning” and,2: 440
Danbala Wedo and,1: 192
Fon Supreme Being and,1:270,1:271,
1:377,2: 692
Mami Wata and,1: 404
Mawu-Lisa and,2:440–441,2: 692
Mawu-Lisa’s offspring gods and,2: 441
Orishas and,2: 441
as overseer of women,1: 294
primordial androgyny of,1: 264
Nanny, 2:441–443
British relationships with,2:442–443
Kromantee Religion and,2: 442
Nanny Town and,2: 442
Queen Mother of the Maroons and,2:441–443
resistance and freedom fighting legend of,
2:441–442
spiritual powers of,2: 442
N’domo, 2:443–444
age groups importance and,2: 443
Bamana initiation rite mask and,2:443–444
energy and beauty of deity or ancestor
and,2: 444
father and son core value and,2: 443
numuwmask sculptors and,2:443–444
nyamakalawblacksmith caste and,2: 443
Neb ankh, 2:444–445
Book of Coming Forth by Dayexcerpts
and,2: 445
interior and exterior decorations and,2: 445
materials used to make,2: 445
preservation and protection of the body and,
2: 445
transformation and,2:669–670
Nebhet, Neb-Het, Nebt-het
Anubis’s lineage and,1: 63
Anuket,1: 64
Atum and,1: 77
Ausar, Auset, Set and,1:240–241,2: 609
Ausar and,1:77–78
Great Ennead and,1:240–241
Maat and,1: 398
Negritude Movement,1:97,1:105,1: 200
Nehanda, 2:445–447
Chaminuka and,1:157,1: 158
Mbuya Nehanda and,2:445–446
as medium of Metapa Empire,1: 422
Chargwe Nyakasikana and,2:422,2:446–447
Shona people and,1: 157
Ngai, 2:447–448
birth process and,1: 125
cattle in Maasai creation story and,2: 447
creation narrative and,1: 185
goodness (black)vs.angry (red) manifestations
of,1:397,2:447–448
Maasai migration patterns and,2: 447
Ol Doinyo Lengaiprimordial dwelling
of,1: 397
rain, fertility, the sun, and love controlled
by,2: 447
as supreme God of Kamba people,1: 185
as supreme God of Maasai people,1:397,
2: 447
Nganga, 2:448–449
ancestral communication using,1:52,2: 448
Bakongo cosmology and,1: 90
healing practices of,1:99,1:309,1:420,
2:448–449
occult forces detected by,1: 52
of Palo religion,2: 518
physical health, spiritual well-being and,
2:448–449
Ngewo, 2:449–450
ancestral spirits and,1:422–423
chicken and,1: 124
dyiningaas intermediary and,2: 449
life and death stories and,1: 195
as Mende Supreme God,1:124,1:195,1:422,
2:449,2: 712
nonancestral spirits and,1: 423
rain and,2: 449
Nigeria
Bassa people of,1: 109
Bata drums in,1: 111
Benin bronze reflecting Nigerian ancestor
figure,1: 46
Chewa people from,1: 159
Efik people of,1:2,1: 230
Ekoi people of,1: 233
Esu origins in,1: 246
Idoma people of,1: 327
Igbo (Igo) people of,1:48,1:160,1: 333
Iriji festival (yam) of,2: 731
kingship traditions in,1: 366
Kirdi people of,1: 368
names of God in,1:290,2: 747
Ogba Ogbunike Cave in,1: 154
Olokun worship in,2:489–490
Tiv people of,2: 665
Yam Festival holiday in,1: 305840 Index