[jujusister]

surprise, surprise, my name's divai wambui mativo. girlfriend i could be from your village.

the only reason it sounds 'west african' is because the old gods are so far away from our daily activities, from our psyche(in east africa). it's like they're buried somewhere deep in the closet and all we have to do is dig them out. but they're all right there back home. we just don't know how to access them.

actually, the above-mentioned spirit "mami wata" is very much alive in our neck of the woods. in zambia she's "solomoni". she's found in bushman cave paintings in the kalahari. all over central africa.... etc.