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Overview

Jam Maraki is linked in Tremearne’s heading to the white Maraki tree. The account presents him as a spirit of intoxication and gives him a club rather than Kuri’s pestle. His representation jumps about on the knees in a similar manner to Kuri. The song makes the contrast more particular: it describes tobacco smoking, beer, protruding lips, a rolling tongue and stumbling, then addresses a great spirit who behaves like a boy.

The announcement printed for this notice uses the name Arni, while the song names Jam Maraki. The following notice separately describes Arni, Chief of the Farmers, so the shared name in the announcement is not silently resolved into one identity. Tremearne’s suggestion that Jam Maraki was probably an ancestor belongs to his interpretation. The supported account is a named tree-associated spirit, a club-bearing representation and a song that criticizes his behavior despite his standing.

Maraki tree associationClub-bearing knee movementsSong contrasts rank and behavior
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Origins & earliest records

A. J. N. Tremearne combines interviews and descriptions of bori performances with comparative interpretation. These selected notices do not consistently name individual speakers; printed attributes are distinguished from his conjectures.

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Records & interpretation

Complete selected spirit notice in chapter XXIII, printed pp. 336–337; full chapter read.

Selected bibliography

Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.

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    The Ban of the Bori: Demons and Demon-Dancing in West and North Africa

    A. J. N. Tremearne, collector and colonial-era interpreter · 1914

    XXIII. Bori—the Black Spirits, printed pp. 336–337; historical representation and attributed explanation.

Family & connections

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References

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  1. Digitized historical ethnographic accountTremearne — Jam MarakiResearch access: 2026-10-05

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