Name

Pronunciation

Meaning/Relationship

Abo

AH-boh

Mawena capital city

Alamako

ah-lah-mah-koh

A city near Ifana

assegai

A (as in at)-say-guy

spear

Ata

ah-tah

first born of twins

Atsu

AT-soo

second born of twins

Azikiwe

Ah-zee-kee-way

Obaseki's uncle

Celu

SAY-loo

Ndoki's mayembe spirit

Diaka

DEE-ah-kah

the slave people

Dingane

DEHN-gah-nee

Father of the twins

Fuluke

FOO-loo-kay

Mawena medicine-priest

Gamba

GAHM-bah

Sesu warrior

Husani

HOO-sah-nee

Shani's bodyguard

Ifana

EYE-fah-nah

City of ghosts

impi

EHM-pee

a group of Sesu warriors

Inkosi

N-koh-see

Sesu for king

Jelani

JEH-lah-nee

Husani's brother

kimbia

KEHM-bee-ah

Sesu for "march"

Kossi

KOH-see

Mawena traditional enemies

kraal

krahl

cattle enclosure

Mawena

MAH-weh-nah

Shani's people

mayembe

MAH-yehm-beh

A animal horn containing a spirit

Moyo

MOH-yoh

Obaseki's mayembe spirit

Mulugo

MOO-loo-goh

Sesu medicine-priest

Ndoki

N-doh-kee

The medicine priest of Ifana

Ndoro

N-doe-roe

Obaseki's brother

nganga

N-gahn-gah

Sesu for medicine priest

ngwena

N-gweh-nah

crocodile

Noncemba

NOHN-kehm-bah

Shani's father

Obaseki

OBAH-se-kee

Ndoro's brother

Olodumare

olo-doo-mah-ray

Mawena main god

orinka

OR-ring-kah

war club

Oya

O-yah

an orisha - minor god or spirit

Paki

PAH-kee

a boy

Selike

SEE-lee-keh

Sesuland capital city

Sesu

SAY-soo

Dingane's people

Shani

SHAH-nee

The twins mother

Shumba

SHOOM-bah

Diaka for lion

Simba

SIM-bah

Sesu for lion

Songhai

SAHN-high

people of the Sahel

Soninke

SAH-nin-kee

another name for the songhai

Tacuma

TAH-koo-mah

Enemies of the Diaka

Themba

TEHM-bah

Shani's handmaiden

Tuareg

TOO-ar-rehg

people of the desert

Unkulunkulu

oo-koo-loon-koo-loo

Sesu main god

Zuwena

ZOO-weh-nah

nursemaid