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Title Encyclopedia of African religion [electronic resource] / editors, Molefi Kete Asante, Ama Mazama.
Publication Info. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource.
Series Gale virtual reference library.
Note "A SAGE reference publication."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents v. 1. Abaluyia -- Abasi -- Abela -- Abosom -- Abuk -- Adae -- Adinkra Symbols -- Adu Ogyinae -- Africism -- Afterlife -- Age Groups -- Agricultural Rites -- Agwe -- Aida Wedo -- Air -- Aiwel -- Akamba -- Akan -- Akhenaten -- Akhetaten -- Alafin of Oyo -- Altars -- Amen -- Amenhotep -- Amma -- Amokye -- Amulet -- Ananse -- Ancestors -- Ancestors and Harmonious Life -- Animal Images -- Animals -- Animatism -- Animism -- Ankh -- Anubis -- Anukis -- Apep -- Apis -- Apuleius -- Asamando -- Asante -- Asantehene -- Asase Yaa -- Ashe -- Aten -- Atum -- Ausar -- Auset -- Ax -- Azaka, the Loa -- Azande -- Ba -- Babalawo -- Baga -- Baganda -- Bakongo -- Bakota -- Balanta -- Balengue -- Bali -- Baluba -- Bamana -- Bamileke -- Bamun -- Bantu Philosophy -- Banyankore -- Banyarwanda -- Bariba -- Barotse -- Bassa -- Basuto -- Bata Drums -- Batonga -- Bats -- Batwa -- Bawon Samdi -- Baya -- Beads -- Beja -- Bemba -- Bes -- Bete -- Birds -- Birth -- Blessing -- Blood -- Boats -- Bobo -- Bois Caiman -- Bokonon -- Bondo Society -- Bondye -- Book of the Coming Forth by Day (The Book of the Dead) -- Boukman -- Bubembe -- Bubi -- Bulls -- Bulu -- Bumuntu -- Burial of the Dead -- Calamities -- Candomblé -- Caves -- Ceremonies -- Chagga -- Chaminuka -- Chewa -- Chi -- Children -- Chiwara -- Chokwe -- Circumcision -- Clay -- Clitorectomy -- Color Symbolism -- Congo Jack -- Conjurers -- Convince -- Cosmology -- Cowrie Shells -- Creation -- Crossroads -- Cultural Relocation -- Curse -- Dagu -- Danbala Wedo -- Dance and Song -- Dausi -- Death -- Desounen -- Destiny -- Diaspora -- Dinka -- Diola -- Dioula -- Disease -- Divination Systems -- Divinities -- Dogon -- Dogon Religion and Science -- Dreams -- Drum, The -- Duala -- Dwat -- Dyow Initiations -- Earth -- Efik -- Egungun -- Ekoi -- Ekpo Secret Society -- Elders -- Eleda -- Eniyan -- Ennead -- Epa Society -- Epistemology -- Esu, Elegba -- Eternal Life -- Evil -- Ewe -- Eye of Horus -- Ezili Dantò -- Ezili Freda -- Fa -- Family -- Family Rites -- Fang -- Faro -- Fatiman, Cécile -- Fertility -- Fetish -- Fire -- Flag and Flag Planting -- Fon -- Food -- Fula (Fulbe) -- Funeral -- Ga -- Gamo Religion -- Gèlèdè -- Ginen -- God -- Goddesses -- Gola -- Govi -- Groves, Sacred -- Gulu -- Guro -- Gurunsi -- Gwobonanj -- Hapi -- Harvest -- Hathor -- Haya -- Healing -- Health -- Heka -- Heru, Horus -- Hoodoo -- Hotep -- Houngan -- Hounsi -- Hunting -- Husia -- Hutu -- Ibibio -- Ibis, Symbol of Tehuti -- Idoma -- Ifa -- Igbo -- Ikin -- Ilé-Ifè -- Imhotep -- Incarnation -- Incense -- Infertility -- Initiation -- Intermediaries -- Invocations -- Iwa -- Iwa Pele -- Iyalorisha -- Jok (Acholi) -- Jola -- Juju -- Justice -- Ka -- Kabre of Togo -- Kalûnga -- Khnum -- Khonsu -- Kimbundu -- Kings -- Kintu Myth Cycle -- Kirdi -- Kisalian Graves -- Kumina -- Kurumba -- Kwa Ba -- Lakes -- Laveau, Marie -- Lele -- Lightning -- Lobi -- Lomwe -- Lovedu -- Lugbara -- Luo -- Lwa -- Maasai -- Maat -- Magic -- Makandal -- Mambo -- Mami -- Wata -- Maroon Communities -- Marriage -- Mawu-Lisa -- Medicine -- Medicine Men and Women -- Mediums -- Mende -- Min -- Montu -- Moon -- Mossi -- Mountains and Hills -- Mount Cameroon -- Mount Kenya -- Mummification -- Music -- Mutwa, Credo Vusamazulu.
v. 2. Naming -- Nana Buluku -- Nanny -- N'domo -- Neb Ankh -- Nehanda -- Ngai -- Nganga -- Ngewo -- Nkisi -- Nkulunkulu -- Nkwa -- Nommo -- North America, African Religion in -- Nuer -- Number Symbolism -- Nyame -- Nzambi -- Oaths -- Obatala -- Obeah -- Ocean -- Oduduwa -- Odu Ifa -- Offering -- Ogboni Society -- Ogdoad -- Ogun -- Ohum Festival -- Okande -- Okomfo Anokye -- Olodumare -- Olokun -- Olorun -- Ontology -- Opening of the Mouth Ceremony -- Oracles -- Oral Text -- Oral Tradition -- Ori -- Origin of Religion -- Orisha -- Orisha Nla -- Orunmila -- Oshun -- Oumfò -- Ovaherero -- Ovambo -- Oya -- Palo -- Pedi -- Personhood -- Petwo -- Peul -- Phoenix -- Placenta -- Plants -- Pocomania -- Poro Society -- Potomitan -- Predestination -- Pregnancy -- Priests -- Procreation -- Proverbs and Teaching -- Ptah -- Puberty -- Punishment -- Purification -- Pyramids -- Pythons -- Queens -- Ra -- Rada -- Rain -- Rain Dance -- Rain Queen -- Red -- Reincarnation -- Resistance to Enslavement -- Rites of Passage -- Rites of Reclamation -- Rituals -- Rivers and Streams -- Rocks and Stones -- Ruhanga -- Sacrifice -- Sangoma -- Sankofa, Concept -- Sankofa, Film -- Santeria -- Sara -- Saramacca -- Sarcophagus -- Seba -- Seclusion -- Seers -- Sekhmet -- Senufo -- Serapis -- Serer -- Serpent -- Seshat -- Set -- Seven -- Shame -- Shango -- Shawabti -- Shilluk -- Shona -- Shrines -- Shu -- Sky -- Societies of Secrets -- Songo -- Sopdu -- Sotho -- Soul -- Space and Time -- Spear Masters -- Sphinx -- Spirit Medium -- Spit -- Suicide -- Suman -- Sun -- Sunsum -- Susu -- Swahili -- Swazi -- Taboo -- Tallensi -- Tano River -- Tauetona -- Tefnut -- Teke -- Tellem -- Temne -- Temples, Concept in Ancient Times -- Temples, Uses and Types -- Thoth -- Three -- Thunder -- Tibonanj -- Time -- Tiv -- Totem -- Transcendence and Communion -- Transformation -- Trees -- Triads -- Tsonga -- Tswana -- Tutankhamen -- Tutsi -- Twins -- Umbanda -- Umbilical Cord -- Underworld -- Vai -- Vèvè -- Vilokan -- Vodou and the Haitian Revolution -- Vodou in Benin -- Vodou in Haiti -- Vodunsi -- Wamala -- Waset -- Water -- Waterfalls -- Wepwawet -- West African Religion -- White -- Wind -- Winti -- Wolof -- Women -- Words -- Woyengi -- Xhosa -- Yam -- Yanvalou -- Yao -- Yẹmọnja -- Yorka -- Yoruba -- Zarma -- Zin -- Zoser -- Zulu -- Appendix: African names of God -- Bibliography: African religious sources.
v. 1. A-M -- v. 2. N-Z, Index.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. Available via World Wide Web.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Africa -- Religion -- Encyclopedias.
Added Author Asante, Molefi Kete, 1942- Editor.
Mazama, Ama, 1961- Editor.
Gale Group
Related To Print version: Encyclopedia of African religion. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2009 9781412936361 (DLC) 2008027578
ISBN 9781412964623
1412964628
9781412936361 (print)
1412936365 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC # om6978389
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