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Mpongwe and related Gabon / Congo-coast peoples (Fang contact zones recorded)

1 record of Mpongwe and related Gabon / Congo-coast peoples (Fang contact zones recorded) — the beings, warnings and stories the tradition keeps, with sources.

ObamboSpectre · Congo · West AfricaAmong Mpongwe and neighbouring Gabon-coast peoples, obambo (ibambo; pl. abambo) names restless ghosts of the improperly buried or wandering dead — feared for possession and sickness, sometimes placated with a hut. Distinct from Akan sasabonsam/asanbosam canopy predators.