Kanogo
Kanogo is a named arebuko (object-power) of the Añaki/Bijago on Canhabaque Island, Guinea-Bissau. It is a standing rock, about the height of a man, on a forested beach; the villagers say it was not set there by human hands. Kanogo is a women's power: a woman is its guardian and sacrificer, and only women attend its ceremonies. Offerings of cooked rice, palm wine and chickens are made, and the rock is addressed in a commanding tone rather than a prayer. During one recorded ceremony, a woman fell into trance and was possessed by the orebuko (returning dead) she had initiated, who spoke through h