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 36
isation of the modern Hausa state is describedin Hausa Superstitions and Customs,1 so it is unnecessaryto go into the subject at length here. Suffice it to saythat every profession in every town (even that of thieving)and every tiny village has its head with his train ofretainers, and these are… … 2.—Tunisian Fashions. 3.—Nigerian Fashions. TOTEMISM AND KING-KILLING 31 called a wasa (game)—i.e. an understanding that theymay behave to each other as if they were members of thesame family. Haj Ali of Gobir and Auta of Zaria hadsuch a wasa between them, because long ago, when theHausa states…
