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Richard’s Commentary

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY ON AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION

 

compiled by Chidi Denis Isizoh

 

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Tiarko Fourche J.A. & Morlighem H., Les communications des indigènes du Kasaï avec les âmes des morts, Bruxelles, 1939.

Trilles R.P., le Totémisme ches les Fan, Münster, 1912.

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Van Everbroeck N., Religie en Magie onder de Basakata, Bruxelles, 1952.

Van Geluwe H., Les Mamvu-Mangutu et Balese-Mvuba, Tervuren, 1957.

Van Roy H., Dieu, Idoles, Sorcellerie (Yaka), Bandudu (Zaire), 1968.

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Vanden Bosch G., "Le Nom et la Notion de l'Être Suprême chez les Bale," in Anthropos, 1928, 987-999.

Vedder H., Die Bergdama, Hambourg, 1923.

Verger P., Dieux d'Afrique, Paris, 1954----, Notes sur le culte Orisa et Vodun, Dakar, 1957.

Vergiat A.M., les Rites secrets des primitifs de l'Oubangui, Paris, 1951.

Wanger W., "The Zulu Notion of God," in Anthropos, 1926, 351-385.

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Werner A., Myths and Legends of the Bantu, London, 1933.

Westermann D., Die Kpelle, Göttingen-Leipzig, 1921.

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Zuesse E.M., Ritual Cosmos: The Sanctification of life in African Religions, Ohio, 1979.

Zuure B., "Immâna, le Dieu des Barundi," Anthropos, 1926, 733-776.

---, Croyances et pratiques religieuses des Barundi, Bruxelles, 1929.

---, L'Ame du Murundi, Bruxelles , 1932.

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