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created all things, including his own mother, his wife and man. Because the sun is seen as a great force that powers everything in the universe, the Lozi also see Nyambe as the Sun God. Their oral traditions state that the first humans that Nyambe created were the Kamura people. After seeing how
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is the revealer of secret truths, present and future. After the Bible was published in the Bassa language in 1922, Ngambi became seen as the
Creator God. Due to their great respect of elders in their society, Ngambi is also seen as the greatest Elder.
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created all things, including the forest, which supplies them with most of their needs from fish, salt, corn and medicinal plants to firewood, meat from animals, oil, etc. Njambi is said to have created water spirits called
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16:Supreme deity in Bantu religion
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167:across numerous traditional
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436:believe in the Supreme God
303:believe in the Supreme God
263:believe in the Supreme God
214:and his female counterpart
210:believe in the Supreme God
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448:Lozi people
381:Toro people
371:Toro people
366:East Africa
358:spirits in
337:Lele people
331:Lele people
293:Fang people
287:Fang people
157:Supreme God
74:Equivalents
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1239:Death gods
1213:Categories
1142:Ring shout
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277:Samatanga;
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161:Sky Father
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1137:Mojo bag
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880:Nzambici
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468:Zimbabwe
406:Botswana
297:Cameroon
240:Cameroon
216:Nzambici
206:and the
59:Sun, Sky
1158:Boo hag
1151:Culture
1132:Kumbaya
1009:Mwuetsi
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921:Shetani
894:Spirits
830:Kalumba
813:Deities
794:Ndebele
442:Omukuru
434:Namibia
356:bisimbi
351:mingehe
339:of the
273:Kalûnga
198:of the
83:Jupiter
56:Symbols
1178:Zombie
1117:Hoodoo
1106:Brazil
1065:Obambo
1055:Mbwiri
1004:Mwindo
972:Zebola
962:Nganga
957:Nkondi
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265:Nzambi
261:Angola
204:Angola
163:, and
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149:Njambe
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129:Nyambi
127:(also
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103:Chukwu
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516:Nyame
508:Ghana
500:Fante
377:Nyoro
321:Mbere
317:Nzame
313:Zambe
305:Nzeme
301:Gabon
224:Earth
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