The ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa (1914)
Tremearne, A. J. N. (Arthur John Newman), 1877-1915 · London, Heath, Cranton & Ouseley Ltd · leaf 102
re no legends obtainable as toits introduction, not, at least, by the people who gave methis information about their early culture. Fire is not abori, nor does a bori dwell in it ( Would a bori wish to beburnt up ? ) but some of the spirits {e.g. Ba-Toye) set fireto houses, and burn people. The… … ii.—Cooking. The girl is an Arab, the woman a Hausa.12.—Hausas at work. HABITATIONS AND DOMESTIC LIFE 87 down inside the circle, or else they could go and destroy hispossessions. The Magazawa quench their fires on thedeath of the master of the house, but the MohammedanHausas do not do so. Live…
