Encyclopedia of African religion [electronic resource] / editors, Molefi Kete Asante, Ama Mazama.
Provides ideas, concepts, discourses, and essays on the African religious tradition. Explores such topics as deities and divinities, the nature of humanity, the end of life, the conquest of fear, and the quest for attainment of harmony with nature and other humans.
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Table of 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.