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Oghene
Oghene is the name used for the supreme deity in several traditions of southern Nigeria, especially among Urhobo and Isoko-speaking peoples of the Niger Delta. In these contexts, Oghene is generally understood as the cre…
Ogo
Ogo is a primordial figure in some recorded traditions of the Dogon people of Mali, in West Africa. He is commonly associated with Yurugu, the “Pale Fox,” a rebellious and incomplete being whose actions introduce disorde…
Omumborombonga
Omumborombonga is best known as a sacred or primordial tree in traditions associated particularly with the Ovaherero people of Namibia and neighbouring parts of southern Africa. It is not usually described as a human-lik…
Pemba
Pemba is a figure associated principally with Bambara, or Bamana, and other Mandé traditions of West Africa. In accounts of Mandé creation, Pemba is a primordial being linked with the earth, seeds, cultivation and the im…
Qamatha
Qamatha is a name associated with the supreme creator in some accounts of Xhosa religious tradition in southern Africa. The figure is more commonly written Qamata, while Qamatha may reflect an alternative spelling or a r…
Raluvhimba
Raluvhimba is a divine figure associated with the religious traditions of the Venda-speaking people of southern Africa, especially communities in the Limpopo region of South Africa and neighbouring areas of Zimbabwe. He …
Rugaba
Rugaba is a name associated with a supreme or creator deity in traditions of the Great Lakes region of Africa, especially among communities in present-day Uganda and neighbouring areas. The name is not used with one comp…
Ruhanga
Ruhanga is a creator deity associated especially with the Banyankore (also called Banyankole) and related peoples of the Great Lakes region of East Africa, particularly in present-day southwestern Uganda. In traditional …
Ruwa
Ruwa is the supreme creator deity in the traditional religious thought of the Chagga people of northern Tanzania, especially in communities living on and around Mount Kilimanjaro. Ruwa is commonly associated with the sky…
Sagbata
Sagbata is a West African sacred figure associated particularly with the earth, illness and healing in Fon- and Ewe-speaking religious traditions of the region historically known as Dahomey, much of which is now southern…
Sakarabru
Sakarabru is an obscure name associated with African legendary tradition, but its identity is not securely established in the surviving English-language record. It is often described in modern compilations as a dangerous…