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African Folklore: An Encyclopedia - Marshalls University

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marijuana, 387<br />

markings, 102.<br />

See also scarifications<br />

Marley, Bob, 38<br />

marombe (praise singer), 322<br />

Maroon people, 46, 168–169<br />

Marre, Jeremy, 126<br />

marriages.<br />

See also brideprice;<br />

bridewealth;<br />

intermarriages;<br />

polygamy<br />

affect on architecture, 7, 9<br />

beadwork and, 24<br />

celebration for, 26<br />

in Comoros, 181<br />

endogamous, 59<br />

films on, 132<br />

nsibidi for, 300<br />

palaver with, 331<br />

poetry about, 86<br />

queen mothers and, 380<br />

ritual figures and, 96<br />

songs for, 55, 416<br />

verbal dueling for, 514<br />

Marshall, John<br />

films by, 128–130, 132<br />

on San, 424<br />

Marshall, Lorna, 424<br />

marten, 54<br />

Marxism, 156, 164, 356<br />

Marxist-Leninism, 407<br />

mas dance, 49<br />

Masinde, Elijah, 212<br />

masked dances, 77, 242, 242–244<br />

oral texts and, 55–56<br />

in popular theater, 462<br />

mask(s)<br />

basketry, 20<br />

Baule, 119<br />

as body art, 33, 34<br />

costumes and, 97, 119<br />

dances and, 77<br />

festivals, 31<br />

films on, 129<br />

God and, 129<br />

Ijo, 502–503, 503<br />

for initiations, 242, 242–243<br />

and invectives in Gelede society, 4<br />

kanaga, 43<br />

kifwebe, 494, 494–495<br />

Komo, 32, 435<br />

Index 1161

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