The beliefs and practices of African people are highly diverse, and include various ethnic religions. Generally, … See more

Adherents of traditional religions in Africa are distributed among 43 countries and are estimated to number over 100 million.
Christianity and Islam, having largely displaced indigenous African religions, are often adapt… See more

Highly complex animistic beliefs build the core concept of traditional African religions. This includes the worship of tutelary deities, nature worship, ancestor worship and the belief in an afterlife, comparable to other traditional r… See more

West and Central African religious practices generally manifest themselves in communal ceremonies or divinatory rites in which members of the community, overcome by force (or ashe, nyama, etc.), are excited to the point of … See more

Followers of traditional African religions pray to various spirits as well as to their ancestors. This includes also nature, elementary, and animal spirits. The difference between powerful spirits and gods is ofte… See more

There are more similarities than differences between all traditional African religions, although Jacob Olupona has written that it is difficult to truly generalize them because of the sheer amount of differences and variations b… See more