African religions include Islam and Christianity, but also hundreds of diverse and complex indigenou African religions include Islam and Christianity, but also hundreds of diverse and complex ...

(RNS) — Ancestral veneration, Haitian Vodou, Brazilian Candomblé, Cuban Santería and Ifá have gained attention among Black adults, who see it as an occasion to reconnect with their heritage and ...

I grew up in Malawi with Sunday school teachers who treated anything linked to “voodoo” as danger in capital letters.

The sacred role of culture in African religion -- African culture and western attitudes toward African religion -- African tradition and the culture of religion -- African culture and the philosophy ...

Introduction -- Part I: African connections : historical roots of Afro-Caribbean religions. Yoruba, Fon-Ewe, Ashanti, and Kongo cultural history -- African cultus and functionaries -- Part II: Vodou : ...

There need has never been more pressing for Africa’s citizens, families, communities, governments, and other organizations at ...

Believe it or not, Africa is deeply rooted in religion, so much that it has a major influence on lifestyle, arts, culture and tradition of the people in the continent. There are so many diverse ...

MONTEVIDEO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Thousands of devotees of different African-based religions on Friday flocked to the waterfront of the Uruguayan capital, part of an annual Feb. 2 offering to the Yoruba ...

The devil, satan or Lucifer is an imported religious concept from Europe. In African religion, good and bad spirits exist, but only as impersonalised spiritual forces. In Christianity and Islam, that ...