. The ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa . Medina [a bori I ity of which she is queen],She fills her mouth with kola-nuts,She covers her face with scent [another sign of riches and rank]. With Mai-Fitilla is sometimes confused Nana Medina,but, although the songs are the same, the attributes aredifferent. She gives any illness, her proper sacrificebeing grey speckled fowls. At the dance, she beats herface, chest, and body, and tries to tear her clothes. Ja Gaude (40) was said by one man to be the elderbrother of Yerima, though for some reason not holdingso high a
. The ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa . Medina [a bori I ity of which she is queen],She fills her mouth with kola-nuts,She covers her face with scent [another sign of riches and rank]. With Mai-Fitilla is sometimes confused Nana Medina,but, although the songs are the same, the attributes aredifferent. She gives any illness, her proper sacrificebeing grey speckled fowls. At the dance, she beats herface, chest, and body, and tries to tear her clothes. Ja Gaude (40) was said by one man to be the elderbrother of Yerima, though for some reason not holdingso high a rank, but the general view is that he is a relativeof Ba-Toye, and, although said not to be connected withfire, his characteristics are very similar to those of thatpagan spirit, as he climbs and roars. Perhaps he wasonce a Mohammedan counterpart. He is a friend ofMallams Dan Kalgo and Duwatsu. At the dance, hemoves around, then throws his hands alternately into theair and draws them down, and moves his feet as if climb-ing. He gives chest complaints (? pneumonia after. 39 • **
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