In the suburbs of Seattle, an ancient West-African religion is gaining followers. Yoruba, from the Yoruba people of Nigeria, has been spreading across the U.S. for the last 50 years. The religion is ...

MONTEVIDEO (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 goddess ...

The ruling that has outraged many across South Africa and throughout Africa, with some religious and traditional leaders ...

Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 1, No. 2 (DECEMBER 2024), pp. 314-338 (26 pages) Three main religious traditions—indigenous African beliefs and practices (African religion), ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Voodoo, Santeria and other religions with African roots are drawing followers in the United States among immigrants and black Americans interested in their ancestry, their leaders say.

The article discusses the often erroneous assumptions that Western scholars hold about African religion (this refers to the religious beliefs and practices of Africans before the introduction of Islam ...

Seven leaders weigh in on the late Ghanaian scholar’s provocative legacy 20 years after his best-known book. What Luther and Calvin are for evangelical Christians globally, Kwame Bediako is for many ...

Salvador is the country’s heartland of Afro-Brazilian culture, and the largest African city in the world outside Africa — ...

Does anyone know offhand what the predominant religion would be on the African continent? I am guessing Christianity, but would like some concrete proof and I know I can get my answer here.