African Folklore: An Encyclopedia - Marshalls University

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and healing in São Tomé and Príncipe, 165–166
Kunda, 437
trances and, 439, 526
Tuareg and Songhay, 438–440
in West Africa, 440–441
spirit-possession cults, 438, 440–441.
See also Zâr cult
artists with, 71
ritual performance with, 398
in São Tomé and Príncipe, 165–166
spirit-possession dances, 77, 78
in Guyana, 435–437
spirit(s).
See also djinns (spirits);
Mami Wata (water spirit);
ngoma (ancestral spirits);
water spirits
bush, 119, 502–504
as cause of illnesses/diseases, 253–254
chiefs’, 173
groups, terrestrial, 436
mediums, 250
nature and, 174, 242
yam, 58
spirituality, 214
spirituals, 16
Spitta, Wilhelm, 293, 295
squirrel, 54
St. Vincent, West Indies, 321
staffs, 172, 302
standard African American English (SAAE), 208
Stappers, I., 304
stars.
See also stellar calendars
names for, 11
navigation using, 13
statues, 472–473
status.
See also social status
beadwork and, 23–25
body art as symbol of, 33–37
masks for, 242, 243–244
metallurgy and, 254–256
in myths, 283–286
naming customs and, 288
Steinbrich, Sabine, 147, 148
stellar calendars, 12–13
Stevens, Philips, Jr., 508
Stoller, Paul, 439
Stone, Ruth, 10–11, 185
on music, 258
Stono insurrection, in South Carolina, 16