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Pygmy, Pygmies 3, 18–20, 45, 195–6, 213, 216–17, 262–3, *459
Queen 136–8, 140–41, 174, 224–6, 258, 330–31, 367–8, 429, 431, 447; –Mother 327–8
Queen of Sheba (see also Makeda, Sa’aba) 136
Qwanciqutshaa 11–12
Ra 121, 127
Redderet 127–8
Red Sea 136–7
Rhampsinitus 133–5
Rhodesia 239
Rialle 339
Rift Valley 64, 142,
Rifum 282
Rio Muni 422
Roman empire 49, 119, 318
Rome 138
Rømer, Ludewig 104
Rufu 67
Ruhanga 170, 172–3
Rwanda xvi, xxi, xxiii, 18, 50, 64, 169, 182–91, 192, 462, 469
Sa’ba, 136, 166
Sabi (Borgu) 319
Sabi river 241
Sabizeze 183–5
Sagbata 39, 321–3
Sahara xxiii–v, 49, 11–20, 133,
284, 365, 370–71, 382, 436, 446
Sahel xvi, xix, xxii, xxv, xxvii, 3, 49, 162, 347
Sakhbu 127
Salakan 424
Salum 430–31, – river 422
Samake Demba 426–7
Samba Sarr 431
Samory Toure 392
San xvi, 3–17, 51, 237, 248, *458
Sanen 34–5, 40, *459
Sangare 438
Sangwa Mwaku Kambamba 254
Sankaran 417–18, 428
Sanumu 424
Sara 348–56, *483
Sarbo 145–7
Sargane 375
Sassanian 318
Sasuma Berete 402–3, 405
Sausau 209–10, 212–214
Sayf 360–61
Sayfawa 360–62
Segou xvi, 333, 370, 392, 394, 413, 416–18, 421, 436, *487–8
Sekoro 418–21
Selman Nar 372
Sema 427
Senegal (Republic) xxv, 53, 104, 428, 433, 436, 439
Senegal river xii, 370, 385, 422, 428, 433, 436, 439, 441
Senegambia 422–3, *488–9
Serer, Sereer 422, 425, 428–32, *489
Seth 120–23
Setilu 317
Shaha 163
Shaka 237, 244
Shamawruchi 383
Shangalla 145
Shango 309
Sheba (see also Sa’ba) 136–8, 166
Sheghu 333
Shila 228
Shilluk 142, 150, 152–3, *466
Shiraz 166
Shona 238, 239–43, *472
Shyam Ngong 217–18
Shyerezo 183
Siata Bere 388
Sidibe 438
Simbumba Tangnagati 393–4
Sine river 422
Sira Badiane 430–32
Sirankomi 42–7, *460
Sirius 341
Sisabga 336–7
Sisibe 422, 444
Siture 386
Slave Coast 284, 303
Slave xiii, xxv, 26, 32, 88, 104, 111, 139, 150, 164, 176, 212, 214–15, 227, 230–31, 233, 284, 287, 290–91, 302–4, 306, 308, 310, 313, 320, 347–8, 359, 365, 371, 375, 380, 382–4, 386, 413, 424, 437, 441–2, 446–7, 454–5
– raiding (or -taking) 88, 150, 347–8, 359, 413, 446
– trade xiii, xxv, 176, 215, 304, 308, 320
Snefru 125–6
Sô (see Sow)
Sofala 162
Sogbo 321–3
Sogolon (Kuduma) Conde 402–5, 407–9
Sogolon Kulunkan 407–8, 410–11
Sokoto 53, 282, 318, 365, 436
Solomon 136–9
Somalia 49, 142–3
Sombo 374
Sombonkana 374
Somono 409
Songhay xxiii–iv, 5, 21–33, 318, 359, 370, 371–81, 382, 385, 392, 413, 454, *459, *485
Soninke 370, 385–91, 392, 413, 439, 441, *486
Sonni Ali 454
Sonni dynasty 371–2
Sonyma 441
Sorko 3, 5, 21–33, 371, 413, *459
Sossos 405, 410
Sou 348–53
South Africa 6, 49, 51, 237, 244
South Arabia 136, 145, 166
Sow 348, 353–6, 359, 361–2, *483
Sowan 430
Sudan (Arabic: Land of Blacks) xxii–iii, 347, 370, 372
Sudan (Republic) xxiii, 49, 88, 150, 153, 347
Sudd 142
Sumanguru (Sumaworo) 405–12, 423
Sunjata xi, xvi, xxi, 21, 389–90, 392, 394, 397–412, 423–4, 428–9, 439
Sunsun 406
Sunta Mori 383–4
Sunu Sako 418 ff.
Surakata 393
Sutung 426
Swahili 142, 162–7, *467–8
Swazi 237, 244–7, *472–3
Swaziland 244
Tabon 397
Takamata 447
Tako 427
Tal (see Umar Tal)
Tamanrasset 447
Tana 162
Tanzania xxvi, 59, 69
Tariasu 111–12
Tarikb es-Sudan xx, xxvii, 372, 382
Taylalt 447
Te Agbanli 324–5
Tedo 324
Tekrour 422, 436
Tembo 181
Tembuzi 169
Tengela 439
Tenkodogo 339
Teri 354
Tewan 429–30
Thornton, John xix
Thoth 121, 127
Tikar 282
Tilomboti 375
Timbuktu xx, 332, 338, 370–71, 382, 392
Tindana 336–7
Tin Hinane 447
Tira Magan Traore 412, 423–4, 428
Togo 326, 332
Tohajiye 334–5
Tokyo 4
Tondibi 371
Trade xxv, 119, 290, 326, 333, 347, 365, 371, 413, 423, 433, 446
Traore 401
trickster xvi–ii, xxii, 74–116, *463–4
Tripoli 347, 365
Trobriand xviii
Tsoede 290–91, *476–7
Tsui-Goab 252
Tuareg xxiii, 347, 374–5, 381, 446–56, *491
Tubu 359
Tukolor 413, 422, 431, 433, 436
Tumu Maniya 405, 407
Ture dynasty (Songhay) 454
Ture (Zande trickster) xvii, 88–96, *463
Tutsi, Wa-Tutsi 182 ff.
Twa 182, 186, 195
Twale, Kakama (King) 172
Tyamaba 53–5, *461
Ubukara 184–6
Uganda 142, 153, 169
Umar Jara 333
Umar Tal, al–Hajj 391, 413, 436
Umubara 183
Umwega 184
Ungwad 151
Uraga 139–40
Urisib 251–2
Usswi 66
Uthlakanyana 75–81, *463
Uthman dan Fodio 365
Vaal river 237
Vansina, Jan 215
Venin 298–301
Victoria Nyanza (Lake) 66, 142, 159, 168, 170, 176
Vodun 38
Volta River, White or Black 332
Vungu 258
Waalo 422, 435
Wagadu 370, 385–9,
Wagane Sakho 388–9
Walumbe 178–79
Wamara 66–68, 169, *462
Wan-at-Lei 157
Wanyana 180
Waqa 144
Wassulu 53, 438
Watutsi 50
Webaoner 123–5
Weli 158
Wene (see Ntinu Wene)
West Indies 325
Whydah 320
Winyi 180
Wobega 335
Wolof 422, 428, 433–5, *489
Wono 383
Woot 216–17, *470
Woru 319
Wukari 292, 296
Wulbari 111–16
Wun 298–301
Xhosa 237–8, 244–7, *472–3
Yacouba 55
Yagbum 333
Ya Juma 363
Yaka 253–6, *473–4
yam xii, xxiv, 69, 86, 88–9, 109, 111, 294, 287, 290, 307
Yampunungu 214
Yemen xvi, 136, 357, 359–60, 372
Yendembe 199–201
Yende 111–13, 337
Yennenga 338–9
Yoruba xvi, xxi–ii, xxiv, 38, 97, 100, 284, 303–5, 308–17, 318, 320, 378, *463–4, *478–9
Za Alyaman 372
Zabarkane 373–4, 378,
Zaire 18, 196
Zambia 219, 223, 233
Zambeze river 225
Zande 88 ff., *463
Zanfara 376
Zanzibar 162
Zaria 365
Zarma 373–81
Za Yasiboi 372
Zazzau 365
Zimbabwe 237–9, *472
Zoumbrana 339
Zulu 75, 237–8, 244–7, 463, 472–3
Zwa 378–81