Sacrifice and social structure among the kuranko

Michael Jackson

doi:10.2307/1158733

Sacrifice and social structure among the kuranko

Michael Jackson

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

5 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The Kuranko term for sacrifice is sarake (from the Arabic sadaqa). Any gift, offering or material object over which invocations to spirits are made is a sacrifice. Sarake thus includes offerings made to the three major categories of spirit: (1) Ala or Altala (God), (2) Bəmbanu or Fɔl' mɔryonu (‘Ancestors’ and ‘First/original people’ respectively), (3) Njεnnenu (Spirits of the wild or djinn). Sacrifice also includes material objects (medicines and fetishes) which are prayed over.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	123-139
Number of pages	17
Journal	Africa
Volume	47
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/1158733
Publication status	Published - Apr 1977
Externally published	Yes

Access to Document

10.2307/1158733

Cite this

@article{13ca4703cb694aeebf560266cb7dfeb5,

title = "Sacrifice and social structure among the kuranko",

abstract = "The Kuranko term for sacrifice is sarake (from the Arabic sadaqa). Any gift, offering or material object over which invocations to spirits are made is a sacrifice. Sarake thus includes offerings made to the three major categories of spirit: (1) Ala or Altala (God), (2) Bəmbanu or Fɔl' mɔryonu ({\textquoteleft}Ancestors{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteleft}First/original people{\textquoteright} respectively), (3) Njεnnenu (Spirits of the wild or djinn). Sacrifice also includes material objects (medicines and fetishes) which are prayed over.",

author = "Michael Jackson",

year = "1977",

month = apr,

doi = "10.2307/1158733",

language = "English",

volume = "47",

pages = "123--139",

journal = "Africa",

issn = "0001-9720",

publisher = "Edinburgh University Press",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Sacrifice and social structure among the kuranko

AU - Jackson, Michael

PY - 1977/4

Y1 - 1977/4

N2 - The Kuranko term for sacrifice is sarake (from the Arabic sadaqa). Any gift, offering or material object over which invocations to spirits are made is a sacrifice. Sarake thus includes offerings made to the three major categories of spirit: (1) Ala or Altala (God), (2) Bəmbanu or Fɔl' mɔryonu (‘Ancestors’ and ‘First/original people’ respectively), (3) Njεnnenu (Spirits of the wild or djinn). Sacrifice also includes material objects (medicines and fetishes) which are prayed over.

AB - The Kuranko term for sacrifice is sarake (from the Arabic sadaqa). Any gift, offering or material object over which invocations to spirits are made is a sacrifice. Sarake thus includes offerings made to the three major categories of spirit: (1) Ala or Altala (God), (2) Bəmbanu or Fɔl' mɔryonu (‘Ancestors’ and ‘First/original people’ respectively), (3) Njεnnenu (Spirits of the wild or djinn). Sacrifice also includes material objects (medicines and fetishes) which are prayed over.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84925912778&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.2307/1158733

DO - 10.2307/1158733

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84925912778

SN - 0001-9720

VL - 47

SP - 123

EP - 139

JO - Africa

JF - Africa

IS - 2

ER -

Sacrifice and social structure among the kuranko

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this