Dictionaries broadly explain the word “devil” as “spirit of evil” or “wicked spirit.” The devil, satan or Lucifer is an imported religious concept from Europe. In African religion, good and bad ...

Introduction : African traditions in the study of religion in Africa / Ezra Chitando, Afe Adogame, Bolaji Bateye -- ch. 1. African religions in African scholarship : a critique / Umar Habila Dadem ...

For a century, more than 519 sacred objects from the Umbanda and Candomblé—two religions with African origins—were in the possession of Brazil police. This possession and the fight to return these ...

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 ...

Roughly 76 percent of the planet identifies with some religious tradition, as of 2020. That number sounds tidy, but the ...

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 ...

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – A Cameroonian priest and intellectual has published a ground-breaking book that could potentially change the way African Traditional Religion is perceived by the Catholic Church.

Bishop Matthew Kukah of Sokoto, Nigeria, with priests. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Nigerian Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto has issued a stark critique of Africa’s ...

A Black woman from New Orleans not only calls Philadelphia home, but also has a shop that honors religious traditions from across the African diaspora. "It makes me feel fulfilled ...