Kaginga (the Incarnation of Evil)

Kaginga is the incarnation of evil in Lega cosmology, the disordering power that helps witches and sorcerers; the moral instruction and solidarity of Bwami are framed as the counterweight to him.

Domains

• evil and disorder

Powers

• to aid sorcerers and spread disorder

Sources

• Daniel P. Biebuyck, Lega Culture: Art, Initiation, and Moral Philosophy among a Central African People (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973).
• Daniel P. Biebuyck, The Arts of Zaire, Vol. 2: Eastern Zaire (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986).