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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…
Sakpata
Sakpata is a major spirit of Vodun traditions in parts of West Africa, especially among Fon-speaking communities in present-day Benin and neighbouring areas of Togo, Ghana and Nigeria. He is strongly associated with the …
Shadipinyi
Shadipinyi is a little-documented water-being associated in modern English-language accounts with the Kavango River region of southern Africa. It is usually described as a large, dangerous, snake-like creature believed t…
Soko
Soko is a name associated primarily with the supreme creator being of the Nupe people of central Nigeria. In accounts of traditional Nupe religion, Soko is understood as the source of the world and of life, often describ…