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Tsetse Bumba
Tsetse Bumba is a name associated in some modern English-language compilations with the creator figure better known as Mbombo or Bumba in traditions attributed to the Bushoong (also written Bushongo), a Kuba-speaking peo…
Uthlanga
Uthlanga is a name associated with origin traditions among Nguni-speaking peoples of southern Africa, especially in discussions of Zulu mythology. The term is often connected with a primordial reed bed or source from whi…
Umvelinqangi
Umvelinqangi is a supreme or creator figure in some Zulu religious traditions of southern Africa. The name is commonly associated with the “First One” or “First Origin,” and Umvelinqangi is often described as a heavenly …
Unkulunkulu
Unkulunkulu is a major ancestral and creator figure in Zulu religious tradition. The name is commonly associated with the “greatest one,” the “very great ancestor,” or the first human ancestor, although its exact meaning…
Waaq
Waaq, also written Waaqa, is the supreme creator and sustaining power in the traditional religious thought of many Oromo people of the Horn of Africa. Oromo communities are especially associated with Ethiopia and norther…
Were
Were is a supreme creator deity in the traditional religious thought of some Luo-speaking communities of East Africa, especially in western Kenya and adjoining parts of Uganda and Tanzania. The name is also recorded alon…
Woyengi
Woyengi is a creator figure in the religious tradition of the Ijaw people of the Niger Delta region of present-day Nigeria. In the best-known accounts, Woyengi is a primordial being associated with the creation of human …
Wulbari
Wulbari is the name of a divine being in the traditional religion of the Talensi and related peoples of northern Ghana. In the cultural setting where the name is used, Wulbari is understood as a high god or supreme sky d…
Wuni
Wuni is a figure associated with African mythology, especially in traditions from parts of the Sudan and the wider Nilotic cultural sphere, where details may vary by language group and by source. Because the name is not …
Yasigi
Yasigi is a figure from Dogon tradition in West Africa, especially associated with communities in present-day Mali. In published accounts, Yasigi is most often described as a masked or ritual presence connected with perf…
Yeban
Yeban is a name that appears in references to African traditional religion and folklore, but its precise identity is not fixed in widely available published sources. In many cases, names of spirits, beings, or ancestral …