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African Folklore: An Encyclopedia - Marshalls University

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Index 1110<br />

Bâ, Âmadou Hampâte, 306, 318, 365, 366<br />

Ba Aka women, 520, 520, 521, 521<br />

Baanacimbuusa radio program, 110, 111<br />

Baba, Ahmad, 318<br />

babalawos (priests), 93–94, 405<br />

Babalola, S.A., 187, 305<br />

Babalu Aye (orisha), 406<br />

babies, 27, 67<br />

Bachama people, 197, 197–199, 198<br />

witchcraft/sorcery of, 508–509<br />

Bagisu people, 289<br />

Baird, Donald, 347<br />

Baissac, Charles, 182<br />

Bakesigaki, Herbert, 267, 267<br />

Bakhtin, Mikhail, 334<br />

ballet, 466<br />

Les Ballets Africains of the Republic of Guinea, 471<br />

Ballieul, Charles, 136<br />

Bamana people<br />

as blacksmiths, 30, 59<br />

epics of, 113, 114, 116<br />

folktales of, 136–137<br />

puppet masquerade of, 377, 377<br />

Bamba, Amadou, 127, 190–192<br />

Bambara. See Bamana people<br />

Bamileke architecture, 9<br />

Bamun people, 129<br />

Banda-Linda people, 349<br />

Bani Hilal, cycle of, 113<br />

banjos, 15–18, 261<br />

Bantu Linguistic Terminology (Doke), 180<br />

Bantu superstitions, 447–450<br />

Bantustan concept, 466<br />

Banû Hilâl epic, 302, 412–414, 413<br />

Bao, 18–19, 19, 239<br />

baptism, 394<br />

baqqashot ceremonies, 262<br />

Barber, Karin, 145, 320, 336, 350<br />

barbershop, 351, 351<br />

bards.<br />

See also contemporary bards epics and, 115–117<br />

oral texts by, 53–54<br />

southern <strong>African</strong>, 425<br />

barkcloth, 67<br />

Barnouw, Eric, 126<br />

Barre, Mohammed Siad, 415<br />

Barrett, David, 268<br />

barter system, 30<br />

Barth, Heinrich, 147<br />

Bartok, Bela, 186

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