. The ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa . iidan Kun. The Ban of theBori Demons and Demon-Dancing in Westand North Africa BY MAJOR A. J. N. TREMEARNE , , Sometime Scholar and Prizeman, Christs College, Hausa Lecturer and Worts Travelling Student, Cambridge, Of Grays Inn, Barrister-at-Law Author of Hausa Superstitions and Customs, The Tailed Head-Hunters of Nigeria Some Austral-African Notes and Anecdotes, -The Law in British West Africa The Niger and the West Sudaji Hausa Folk- Tales Fables and Fairy Tales etc. WITH COLOURED FRONTISPIECE, 60 P
. The ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa . iidan Kun. The Ban of theBori Demons and Demon-Dancing in Westand North Africa BY MAJOR A. J. N. TREMEARNE , , Sometime Scholar and Prizeman, Christs College, Hausa Lecturer and Worts Travelling Student, Cambridge, Of Grays Inn, Barrister-at-Law Author of Hausa Superstitions and Customs, The Tailed Head-Hunters of Nigeria Some Austral-African Notes and Anecdotes, -The Law in British West Africa The Niger and the West Sudaji Hausa Folk- Tales Fables and Fairy Tales etc. WITH COLOURED FRONTISPIECE, 60 PHOTOGRAPHICILLUSTRATIONS AND 47 FIGURES IN THE TEXT. HEATH, CRANTON & OUSELEY LANE, LONDON, 6/?/9 CONTENTS Foreword CHAPTEK PACI I. Introduction II. The Origin of the Hausa Colonies inNorth Africa iii. totemism and klng-killing IV. Totemism and King-killing—continued V. Personal Enhancement and Dress VI. Habitations and Domestic Life VII. Habitations and Domestic Life—continued 84 VIII. Birth and Puberty IX. Marriage and DivorceX. Death and the After-Life XL Magic. The Saints and the MagiciansXII. Magic in the House—Love Charms XIII. Magic in the House—Self-Preservation XIV. Magic in the Fields—Agriculture, Magic in the Fields—Hunting, etc. XVI. Superstitions and Omens . XVII. Pilgrimages and Festivals5 19 2530435470 95113126146 159169 185200 213224 (ONTENTS i Mai run rm XVIII. Bori— J he Spirits and their Powers . 243 MX. Bori—Iiik I BMPLB8 AND THE SectX \. Bori—The DancesXXI. Bori—The Mohammedan Spirits XXII. Bori—The Mohammedan Spirits—continued 310 XXIII. Bori—The Black Spirits .
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