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Overview

Nana Medina is explicitly distinguished from Mai-Fitilla even though Tremearne says their songs are the same and the two are sometimes confused. His short notice attributes illness to Nana Medina and identifies grey-speckled fowls as her ritual offering.

Her representative strikes face, chest and body and attempts to tear the clothing. Unlike the adjoining Mai-Fitilla entry, the passage gives her no fire-supervising duties or fire-eating scene. The brief witness therefore supports a distinct name and performance, but not an expanded invented biography or a securely separate current regional tradition.

Songs shared with Mai-FitillaDistinct performanceFace and chest strikingClothing-tearing representation
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Origins & earliest records

A. J. N. Tremearne reports interviews and ritual performances during four months in North Africa, alongside comparisons to Nigeria. His foreword credits local assistance and photography but these passages do not identify an individual speaker for every statement.

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Records & interpretation

The Ban of the Bori, chapters XXI–XXII, complete selected account pp. 314; foreword pp. 13–14 and catalog publication date checked.

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

    Chapters XXI–XXII, pp. 314; role descriptions, performed representation and attributed explanations.

Family & connections

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References

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  1. Digitized historical ethnographic account with interviews and performance descriptionsTremearne — Nana MedinaResearch access: 2026-10-05
  2. Library catalog metadataInternet Archive catalog — The Ban of the BoriResearch access: 2026-10-05

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