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Overview
Sarikin Bakka is Chief of the Bow and is also called Ali in Tremearne’s notice. He cares for the beasts of the forest and receives offerings before a hunt. The song calls him father of many hunters and describes killing roan antelope, oribi and other game. It also tells of a farm at the forest edge whose corn was stolen by a jerboa, preserving a particular encounter rather than an unlimited claim over every forest event.
His representation jumps and moves cautiously as if searching for game, using a miniature bow and arrow or a described arrangement of fingers in place of them. Some informants equate him with Gajere Mai-Dowa, while others distinguish them; Tremearne retains separate notices. This profile follows that distinction provisionally and keeps the disputed identification visible. It does not transfer Gajere’s specific father or dwarf title into Sarikin Bakka’s account.
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.
Records & interpretation
Complete selected notice in chapter XXIV, printed pp. 343–344; chapter read through its ending.
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
Chapter XXIV, printed pp. 343–344; complete attributed spirit notice and representation.
Family & connections
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References
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- Digitized historical ethnographic accountTremearne — Sarikin BakkaResearch access: 2026-10-05
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