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 390
ye moma, which words my informant saidwere Kanuri, a language which he did not speak]. Adamari, Wife of Yerro, leave off plotting Doguwa, Leave off plotting, Doguwa, the shouter, Warri jam baruntun Beriberi [? more Kanuri] come, Men of Kano, Carriers of Potash. Leave off plotting, Doguwa, Wife of… … 45 and 46.—Doguwa of the City and Dotuiwa of tin- Bush. A doublespirit, wife of Kuri, which paralyses and blinds people. BORI—THE BLACK SPIRITS 335 The song of the Bush spirit is : O Wife of Yerro, Wife of Kuri,Enter quickly. Great is our mother,To-day [she] goes to the bush,[The wife] of Kuri, the…
