Anthropos: Anthropos, 79.1984

Anthropos, 79.1984

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Titel:: Anthropos, 79.1984

Erscheinungsjahr:: 1984

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Titel:: Kabiye Fetish Religion: A Comparative Study

Sonstige Person:: Larson, Thomas J.

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Anthropos 79. 1984: 39-46 Kabiye Fetish Religion: A Comparative Study Thomas J. Larson Introduction In this study I compare the religion of a West African society with that of a Central Bantu speaking people. The Kabiye of northern Togo approach their god through intermediaries known as fetish spirits. On the other hand the Hambu- kushu of Botswana, a typical Central African Bantu-speaking people, ignore God but fear and appease the ancestral spirits. Each approach to the supernatural beings maintain traditional estab lishment values and integrate the society which produces a strong tribal identity in the individ ual. Through a cross-cultural approach I will explain how each religion is adapted to the environment and social needs of the people. Westerners associate fetish religion and the ap peasement of ancestral spirits as pagan religions. I attempt to place traditional African religions in their proper context of monotheism with recogni tion of a High God. Though both the Kabiye and the Hambukushu recognize the same High God as Christians and Muslims, their approach to the higher deity is based upon their particular needs and experience. From 1963 to 1964 I served as a community analyst for the United States Agency for Interna tional Development in northern Togo with a rural development project for the creation of an agri- Thomas John Larson, Ph.D. (University of Virginia, 1980); Prof, of Anthropology ; from 1970 to 1983 Northern Virginia Community College, since 1983 Klamath Falls, Oregon. From 1969 to 1983 twenty-seven anthropology field trips for students to: Botswana, Togo, Ghana, Benin, Kenya, Tanzania, Guatemala, Bahamas, Mexico, Peru, Society Islands, England, and Portugal. Publications: four books about the Fiambukushu, one about the Kabiye, three theses on the Hambukushu, sixty anthropological papers for scienti fic journals and Explorers Club publications. cultural training center for county agents. While stationed at the Centré Pilot near the provincial capital of Lama-Kara, I had the opportunity to make a preliminary community study of the Kabiye of Tchitchao Canton. From 1973 to 1982 I made six field trips with students to visit the Kabiye of Tchitchao. During this time I observed numerous fetish religious practices. Between 1950 and 1972 I made six field trips to study the Hambukushu of Botswana. The Hambukushu originally lived in Zaïre before migrating southward to the Okavango River region in northwestern Botswana. From Central Africa they brought with them their typical matrilineal traditions and kinship structure in cluding their religious beliefs and practices. Both the Kabiye and the Hambukushu as agricultural peoples adapted to their ecological environment to suit their social needs. While they are similar in some respects in their approach to a supreme being, on the other hand regional differences become apparent in religious practices. 1. The Kabiye in their Ecological and Social Setting The Kabiye of Togo are of the Negroid race characterized by being tall in stature averaging five feet eight inches for males, dark brown in skin color, with narrow foreheads, black kinky hair, broad noses, thick everted lips, scanty facial, and body hair (Murdock 1959: 8). Their language belongs to the Voltaic sub-family of the Negritic linguistic stock. The Kabiye belong to the Tern cluster of Voltaic peoples and their language is related to that of the Lamba, Dompongo, Logba, Manganapo, Temberna, Cotocoli, and Temba (Murdock 1959: 80).

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