Nyambe
Introduction '''Nyambe''' (also '''Nyambi''', '''Nyembi''', '''Nzambe''', '''Nzambi''', '''Nzemi''', '''Njambe''' and '''Njambi''') is the Supreme God, Sky Father, and God of the Sun across numerous traditional Bantu religions.
Central Africa === Bakongo people ===The Bakongo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and the Republic of the Congo believe in the Supreme God Nzambi Mpungu and his female counterpart Nzambici. They are the only people who recognize Nzambi as both male and female, with Nzambi Mpungu symbolizing the Sun and Nzambici symbolizing the Moon and Earth.=== Bassa people ===The Bassa people of Cameroon believe the Supreme being ''Ngambi/Nyombe'' is the revealer of secret truths, present and future. After the Bible was published in the Bassa language in 1922, Ngambi became seen as the Creator God. Due to their great respect of elders in their society, Ngambi is also seen as the greatest Elder.=== Chokwe people ===The Chokwe people of northeast Angola believe in the Supreme God ''Nzambi'' (similar to the Bakongo god, Nzambi Mpungu), who they also call ''Kalûnga'' and ''Samatanga;'' the latter meaning "the creator." The king, or ''Mwanangana'', is said to be a representative of Nzambi. They have the ability to connect the physical world to the spiritual world of the ancestor and seek guidance from nature spirits.=== Fang people ===The Fang people of Cameroon and Gabon believe in the Supreme God ''Nzeme'', also called ''Mebere''. In Fang cosmology, Nzeme created everything in the world and blew life into the Earth and the first ancestor, or ''Zambe''. Nzeme is also said to have created three spirits: ''Nzame'' with strength; ''Mbere'' with leadership, and ''Nkwa'' with beauty.=== Lele people ===The Lele people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo believe that the Supreme Being ''Njambi'' created all things, including the forest, which supplies them with most of their needs from fish, salt, corn and medicinal plants to firewood, meat from animals, oil, etc. Njambi is said to have created water spirits called ''mingehe'', which are similar to bisimbi spirits in Kongo religion.
East Africa === Toro people ===The Nyoro and Toro people of Uganda referred to their Supreme God as ''Nyamuhanga''.
Southern Africa === Hambukushu people ===The Hambukushu people of Botswana, also known as the "Rainmakers of Okavango," believe in the Supreme God Nyambi, who is said to have created the universe, animals, and man, placing the Hambukushu in the hills of Tsodilo. This place is considered a sacred place to their people. Nyembi is also believed to bless those who do good by sending them to heaven, or ''Diwiru'', when they die and punish those who do evil by sending them to his messenger of death, ''Shadapinyi''.=== Herero people ===The Herero people of Namibia believe in the Supreme God ''Njambi Kurunga'', whom they also refer to as ''Omukuru''. Like many of depictions in other cultures, Njambi creation the universe, spirits and humans, and then retreated into seclusion in the sky.=== Lozi people ===The Lozi people of Zambia and Zimbabwe believe that the Supreme Being ''Nyambe'' created all things, including his own mother, his wife and man. Because the sun is seen as a great force that powers everything in the universe, the Lozi also see Nyambe as the Sun God. Their oral traditions state that the first humans that Nyambe created were the Kamura people. After seeing how destructive his creation could be, he retreated to a mountaintop and never interacted directly with man again.
West Africa === Akan people ===The Akan, Fante and Asante people of Ghana and Burkina Faso believe ''Nyame'' (also ''Oyame'') created all things, including Heaven, or ''Osoro'', and earth, or ''Asaase'', and is continually adding to and redesigning the universe. His other name ''Onyankopong'' means "the Supreme Being," while ''Odomankoma'' means "Infinite beings whose Beginning and End are unknown to humans."
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