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African Folklore: An Encyclopedia - Marshalls University

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Nyerere, Julius, 19, 84, 158, 453<br />

Nzakara people, of Central Africa, 53<br />

Nzondo, Mami Wata as, 237<br />

oath-taking systems, 55<br />

Obasanjo, Olusegun, 292<br />

Obeng, Samuel, 323, 324<br />

Obeyesekere, Ranjini, 336<br />

occupations, 511<br />

Ochun (orisha), 406<br />

Oduduwa (orisha), 405–406<br />

Odwira ceremonies, 67<br />

Odyssey (Homer), 297<br />

offerings, 2<br />

Ogot, Bethwell A., 318<br />

Ogotemmeli (Dogon sage), 4<br />

ogres, 182, 184<br />

Dodo, 220–221<br />

Ogun (god), 80, 126, 326, 392, 406<br />

Ogunde, Hubert, 463, 468<br />

Ogungbe, Akin, 468<br />

Ogunmola, Ola, 463, 468<br />

Okafor, Clement, 306<br />

Oki masquerades, 503, 503<br />

Okigbo, Christopher, 464<br />

Oko (orisha), 406<br />

Okonjo, Kamene, 381<br />

Okpewho, Isidore, 187, 306<br />

on call-and-response, 82, 83<br />

on epics, 114, 320<br />

on verbal arts, 220<br />

Okworri, Jenkeri, 467<br />

okyeame (chief’s speech intermediary), 301–302<br />

political oratory and, 322, 324<br />

Olaatunde, Asiru, 465<br />

Olaiya, Moses, 468–469<br />

Olantunji, Babatunde, 130<br />

Olatunji, Olatunde, 306<br />

old man and old woman, 302–303<br />

“Old Sayialel and Eagle” (Maasai narrative), 368<br />

Old Testament, 194, 314<br />

Olodumare (orisha), 325–326, 405, 468<br />

Olofin (orisha), 405<br />

Olofson, Harold, 151<br />

Ologbojo, Ologin, 467<br />

Olokun (god), 34, 58, 329, 406<br />

Olorun (orisha), 405<br />

Omar, El Hadj, 117<br />

Omar, Yaha Ali, 149, 151<br />

omens, 447–449<br />

Omotic languages, 205<br />

Index 1172

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