African Religions

It has been said severally that religions practised by Africans do not have founders or central figures. This is not true, Yoruba Traditional Religion known as Adimúlà has central figures such as Oduduwa and Elà

Ifa is the store-house of Yoruba religion and culture. Ifá corpus for a religiously and culturally oriented Yoruba, is a repertoire for life as well as a guiding principle.

Like brain in human body, or central processing unit (CPU) in computer, or engine in a car or seed in a fruit, so is religion in culture.

Senegal's first religion was animism. and it continues to influence the nation (and the brand of Islam it mostly practices) to this day.

Homowo Festival is a Traditional Celebration and Feast in Appreciation of Farming and Fishing Abundance

"Ritual is important to us as human beings. It ties us to our traditions and our histories." - Miller Williams

Reclaiming the African Yeveh Vodoun spiritual heritage in the diaspora.

"I will lead the blind by the way they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them, I will turn the darkness into light before them and rought places smooth" Isaiah 42:16

Love is at the heart of ancient Kemetic spirituality. Goddess + God manifest creation through the first tantric embrace, the bull sires the cow, the feminine force enjoins the masculine... they are the root of all duality and the source of all...

Santeria or Voodoo, whose roots go back to Africa, yet it is practiced every day in the U.S. It is used to get rid of bad spirits, producing good luck, helping are friend or hurting an enemy. It is complete with rituals, drumming music, incense, spiritual guides and animal sacrifices.

How to set up a spiritual alter for meditation, ancestor reverence, and deity worship. Exaplained from an Afrakan orientation.

Auset and Ausar I love wisdom teachings, whether they be proverbs, stories or mythologies, because of their ability to convey deep thought in a way that truly penetrates the mind. Being told that you should control your emotions is rather flat,...

Not knowing the usage of "Amen" in everyday prayer has led to may people not really knowing, or why they use "Amen". Its a name or salutation referring to what was an Egyptian God of Great Antiquity

The 7 African Powers are seven of the most well-known and celebrated deities (orishas) of the Yoruban pantheon. The orishas are common to all faiths of Yoruban origin, although they are not always considered to be the same deities. In Santeria,...