PEMBA Pemba and Faro, creator divinities of the Bambapeople of the Niger river, descended from the sky to make the earth, but it was Pembawho first sought government over the world. He was a wood spirit, the maker of women, and the king of trees. Musso-koroni, the first woman, planted Pemba, but she did not like his thorns, and so deserted him, wandering the world causing misery andhardship. Pemba's counterpart, Faro the water god, jealous of Pemba's growingpower, uprooted him.