Gbaya language learning session with André. Mainly it ended up being an anthropology time. We discussed basically one word, sɔ. Basically, I would give a quick definition of "any kind of supernatural being". It is the word that was used in the NT for God. In church contexts it is quite understood as referring to God. But it could just refer to a dead parent. But if the dead parent is angry and evil then it gets the adjective ndangang meaning "evil". But there are lots of different kinds of evil spirits that live in rocks, trees, and especially riversetc. Dead parents live around the house that they live. Good parents (are good because they were good in their physical life) come to the most beloved child in dreams to tell them of future events. But evil parents can give sickness and other bad things to the family members. Sometimes they come to the children and give them nightmares or appear to them and generally freak out and harass the family. Sometimes it is so bad that everyone moves out and no one else moves in because the parent will haunt the next people too. And there are mamiwata and vampires as well. He actually said to Ruth that his wife used to have a mamiwata (a certain type of evil spirit) but they prayed for her and she was delivered of it.
However, André summed it all up by saying. "But Christians don't have to worry about these, they don't touch Christians."
