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= Obambou = The Obambou (also Obam'bou), is a supernatural being belonging to African tribes. It is depicted as evil, possessing the power to do evil and to do good if it chooses, having the ability to possess and cause sickness, or to want a home built for them. In some African tribes, an Obambou is referred to as a devil, or as the spirit of someone who was not buried correctly.

Possession/Sickness
The Commi tribe believed that when someone is severely ill, an Obambou is a likely culprit which can be determined by a doctor or "Ogounga". The Obambou will reside in the bowels of humans until family, friends and neighbors surround the possessed person and make noise however they can. The people will sing, dance, yell, bang things together, they do whatever makes noise to drive out the Obambou.

The M'pongwe tribe believed that a person can be born with the spirit known as an Obambou and be born insane. Most tribes that believe in the Obambou have a common belief that an Obambou can drive someone insane through possession.

Different Lore
There are no idols or special symbols for the "devil" or powerful spirit version of the Obambou.

For the spirit who wasn't buried properly, the lore says that the Obambou goes to a person in the village and asks them to build a home by their own. The whole village helps with the process of building the spirit a home. Sometimes the body is relocated to the hut with a bit of the dust from the old grave depending on the tribe. In other tribes, the huts are there for when the spirit is done wandering.