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African Folklore: An Encyclopedia - Marshalls University

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Index 1109<br />

Asantehene (king of Ashanti), 169<br />

colors for, 67, 68<br />

queen mothers and, 379, 382<br />

Asantewaa, Yaa, 379<br />

“Ascending the Escarpment” (Maasai narrative), 367–368<br />

Ashanti Federation, 151<br />

Ashanti people.<br />

See also <strong>An</strong>ansi (spider);<br />

Asantehene (king of Ashanti)<br />

Baule and, 119<br />

blues music of, 275<br />

history and cultural identity of, 169–170<br />

queen mothers of, 382<br />

Rattray on, 388–389<br />

Yam Customs festival of, 15<br />

Asia, cardinal directions in, 43<br />

Asma’u, Nana, 71<br />

assonance, 374, 470<br />

astrology<br />

Babylonian, 43<br />

healing and, 11–12<br />

astronomy, 11–14<br />

calendars and, 12–13<br />

influence on architecture, 12<br />

atalaku (dance/disc jockeys), 264–265<br />

athletes, 292, 507<br />

ATM. See Archives of Traditional Music<br />

Atowoda (orisha), 325<br />

Atuot people, 325<br />

audience participation, 64.<br />

See also call-and-response with divination/masquerades, 83, 243<br />

in drama, 96–97<br />

with proverbs, 375<br />

in sahir, 403–404<br />

in storytelling, 445<br />

Augustine, St., 318<br />

auriture, 430, 431<br />

Austin, John L., 220<br />

Authenticite, 351<br />

Auto da Floripes theater, 340, 340–342<br />

Avorgbedor, Daniel K., 196, 304<br />

Awad ‘Ali Bedouin people, 145<br />

awaragasia (fables/stories), 62<br />

AWB. See Afrikaanse Weerstands Beweeging<br />

Awolowo, Obafemi, 84<br />

Azande people<br />

ceramics of, 58<br />

dreams and witchcraft of, 100<br />

Evans-Pritchard on, 121, 478–479<br />

Ture of, 476, 478–479<br />

d’Azevedo, Warren, 169, 304

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