African Folklore: An Encyclopedia - Marshalls University

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akyeame. See okyeame
ALA. See African Literature Association
alcohol, 283–284.
See also beer;
palm wine
Alemna, A.A., 217–218
Aleybeleye, Bunmi, 217–218
Algeria, 1
field and broadcast collections from, 537–538
in Maghrib, 223–224, 227–230
War of Independence, 414
Aliyu, Akilu, 71
allegory, 3
alliteration, 374, 470
Almoravid movement, 256
Al-Nagar, Samia Al Hadi, 525
Al-Sa’di, 318
Amadi, A.O., 217–218
Amadou, Sekou, 116
amaphoxo (jokes), 63, 65
Amazon women, 26
American Peace Corps, 103
Americas.
See also North America
Africanisms in, 207–210
religion in, 391
West African folklore in, 505
Amerindians
in carnivals, 49
folktales of, 46
in Sea Islands, 89
Ames, D.W., 71
Amiani, Chief, 212
Amin, Idi, 483
cartoons about, 51
on popular theater, 464
Amma (god), 517
amulets, 121, 455
Anang Ibibio drama, 96–98
Ananse (spider)
body art designs of, 39
influence on concert parties, 69
in plays, 462
queen mother and, 145
speech of, 321
as trickster, 134–135, 275, 281, 295, 314
Anansi (spider)
speech/silence of, 220, 411
as trickster, 4, 46, 134, 476, 477
ANC. See African National Congress
ancestors, 1–3, 93.
See also ngoma;