Identifier: banofboridemonsd00trem (find matches)
Title: The ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Tremearne, A. J. N. (Arthur John Newman), 1877-1915
Subjects: Hausa (African people) Demonology Dance Ethnology
Publisher: London, Heath, Cranton & Ouseley Ltd
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
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44 43-—Mai-Ja-Chikki, the essence of the evil eye, is crawling on theright. Dan Jigo stands above. To the left is Gindema. a highway rob-ber ami Spirit nt Fire. Jigo (who gives shivering fit;-) is waiting inambush, while Ami. a spirit of drunkenness, is drinking. 44.—Jato is a disreputable spirit. Kuri was the chief god of the paganHausas. Jam Maraki is a drunkard, while Sarikin Bakka is chief of theHunting Spirits. Kuri and Jam Maraki give any illness, the other twodrive their victims mad BORI THE BLACK SPIRITS 331 Kurichiya, and the Sabri, the bark of the Madowachi, andthe blossoms of the Sahara and the Kainya, These arepowdered up together, and may be used as an incense, adrink, or a lotion—or all together—and, in the last resort,as snuff. Kuri has very long black negro hair, a moustache, and abeard, and he wears a leather loin-covering, while in hishands he carries a curved throwing-stick or a pestle. Thedecorations on the former are worth noting as they aresaid to be eyes

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