Sekhmet and,2: 600
Shu and,2: 618
as sun god, fire and,1: 268
Sun God name of,2: 557
tears of, birth to men and women,1:263–264
Tefnut and,2: 650
Tehuti and,1: 327
“The Book of Knowing the Creations
(Kheperu) of Ra” and,1:322,
2:558,2: 650
theology of immortality (afterlife) and,2: 558
Rada, 2:559
Agwe and,1:20,2: 559
Aida Wedo and,1:21,2: 559
Danbala Wedo and,1: 192
Ezili Freda and,1:254–255
Haitian Revolution and,1: 132
Legbamaster and keeper of crossroads and,
2:559,2:686,2: 689
peaceful and benevolent attitude of,1:263,
1:392,2:526,2: 559
Rada drums and,1: 222
Vodu in Haiti and,2: 697
Vodu lwa pantheon of,1:132,1:283,1:392,
1:394,2:526,2: 559
Yanvalou and,2: 733
Rain, 2:559–560
Bemba people and,1: 119
blessing offerings of,1: 126
as cosmic sperm or fertilizer,1:263–264,2: 560
Danbala Wedo and,1: 192
fertility rites and,1:264,1:342,2:559–560
Lovedu Rain Queen and,2:560,2: 563
Manyika rain ceremonies and,2: 560
Ngewo and,2: 449
rainmakers and,2: 560
Shilluk rainmaking ceremony and,2: 615
stone stories and,2: 581
See alsoRain dance; Rain Queen
Rain dance, 2:560–562
Dogon-Tellem rain dance figures and,2: 561
Ihanzu rain rites and,2:561–562
See alsoRain Queen
Rain Queen, 2:562–563
chronology of,2: 563
Lovedu Rainmaking Ceremony and,
2:562–563
Lovedu Rain Queen and,1:50,1:385,2: 563
Rastafarianism
Ethiopianism precursor to,1: 200
Jamaican Maroon communities and,1: 307
restrictions placed on,1: 177
three drum trinity in,2: 663
Re.SeeRa(Re)
Red, 2:563–565
African diaspora and,2: 565
Akan color symbolism and,1:174–175
attributes of,2:563,2: 564
communication code of,2: 563
controversial color of,2: 713
as death in dreams,1: 220
Great Red Pyramid of Sneferu and,2: 564
healing and,2: 564
king’s burial symbolism and,2:564–565
Pharoah Menes (namer) red and white crown
and,2: 564
red granite blocks for pyramids and,2: 564
warrior and hunter symbolism and,2: 565
Reincarnation, 2:565–567
Africanvs.Asian reincarnation beliefs and,
1: 52
Akan Asamando and life cycle and,1:69,
2: 638
ancestor force and,2:566–567
ancestral reincarnation and,1:51–52,2: 540
Batonga people and,1:112–113
biological conception and,2: 567
Book of the Coming Forth by Day (The Book
of the Dead) and,1: 137
deathlessness and,2: 566
death rite of passage and,1:195–196
Dyow initiations and,1: 226
force and being concepts and,2: 566
Gola people and,1:295–296
hierarchy of forces and,2: 566
human beings live in a cycle belief and,
1:51–52
of Igbo people, Chi and,1: 161
as last stage of life,1: 16
Luo people belief in,1: 391
misconceptions regarding,2:565–566
procreation importance in,1: 258
pure force of ancestor and,2: 566
Western body and soul concept and,2: 566
Resistance to enslavement, 2:567–570
African slavery and,2: 567
“enlightened kings” and,2: 569
koya kisabe(magical water) and,2: 569
Maji Maji uprising and,2: 568
Kinjikitile Ngwale and,2:568–569850 Index