Mambila Tribe: Ethnological Report of C K (p85) Ethnology - the
Mambila tribe As Mr Meek, on account of illness, spent only 10
days investigating this tribe, I make bold to offer a few minor
additions to his - I was able to verify the account of the Moon
Rites (vide MTS I 547-8) which is correct in every detail except
that they are still practised at Mbanga. The Mbanga people in
addition, unlike the rest of the Mambila, worship the sun but to
a lesser degree. The moon is their paramount god and they do not
recognize the supreme being "Nama" or "Chang". The sun rites are
observed every day at sunset when the Elders pray each man
holding the sacred grass in his hand. Their word for Sun is "Lo"
and for moon "Wil". - Generally I have found the supreme being
"Nama" is identified with the earth. For the people say they are
buried in the earth and their spirits abide therein. - One or
two villages have idols. At Ntem it is a piece of wood carved to
represent a man "Shuga" and is kept in the sacred - The sacred
grass