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title: 'Spiritual Beings in West Africa — Their Number, Locality, and Characteristics'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Robert Hamill Nassau'
date: 1901-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Non-Christian Religions and Beliefs'
- 'Anthropology (Doctrine of Man)'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 1'
- 'John 11'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/nassau-1901-spiritual-beings-in-west-africa-their-number-locality-and-characteristics
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# Spiritual Beings in West Africa — Their Number, Locality, and Characteristics

Ethnographic account of West African Bantu beliefs about spirits—their origins, types (ancestor souls, created spirits, dream-souls), and effects on life, death, and burial practices.

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