African Folklore: An Encyclopedia - Marshalls University

superstitions about, 448, 449
body arts.
See also nsibidi writing system;
tattoos
African, 32–36, 86
African American, 36–38
beadwork as, 34–35
hair sculpture as, 38–39
jewelry as, 33, 38, 512
triggering proverbs, 172
women’s, 32–35, 511–512
body language, 46
body painting, 38
oral texts and, 56
uli wall and, 495–496
Boelaert, E., 304
Bokako, Edison, 425
Bokassa, Jean Bedel, 57
The Bold and the Beautiful (soap opera), 386
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 109
books, 187.
See also handbooks;
writing
comic, 50–51
on Sea Islands, 90
Borana people, 297, 298
Bosman, William, 189
Botswana, 22, 39–40, 538
Bouche, Pierre-Bertrand, 138–139
Boulkhou (marabout/warrior hero), 372, 373
Boumedienne, Houari, 1
Bouquiaux, Luc, 140
Bourdieu, Pierre, 228–230
Bourdillon, Michael, 423, 432
Bourguiba, Habib, 479
bow(s), 278, 278–279, 280.
See also pluriarc
harps, 267, 267
hunting, 278–279
Boxwell, D.A., 338
Boyer, Pascal, 141
boys
dolls and, 95–96
markings for girls v., 102
Braga, Teófilo, 354
Brain, Robert, 510
Braknas musicians, 15
Branco, Jorge Freitas, 353–354
Brandt, Henry, 133
brass, 33, 34, 254
Braukämper, Ulrich, 147
Brazil, 87–89.
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