The Funeral of an Ijo Shrine Priest

Anderson, Martha G.

doi:10.2307/3336500

African Arts

1987

DOI: 10.2307/3336500

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The Funeral of an Ijo Shrine Priest

Martha G. Anderson¹

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Of Barrenness and Witchcraft: The Songs of the Legi Women’s Association

Armstrong

2021

Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics

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Witchcraft and barrenness are two critical issues that African women have had to grapple with since precolonial times. Therefore, the focus of attention in this paper is the songs of the Legi voluntary association among the Ịjọ of Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region. The Legi women’s group is made up of adult women who are barren and/or have been tagged witches by their community. The women of the association compose songs about their experiences in society and sing them at burials. For the women of the Legi Association, art is a means of showing support for or solidarity with a member of the group whose father or mother has died. Moreover, the members of the association perform their songs at burials that are unconnected with them to celebrate with those who invite them.

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Of Barrenness and Witchcraft: The Songs of the Legi Women’s Association

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Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics

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