It is the quest of this paper to look at the different aspects of African traditional religion that either encourages or discourages women empowerment in our societies. All questions regarding the ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Native African Religions The Context Africa is big. It is the second largest continent in the world. Even if the northern countries of the continent, which ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thus both religions have been on the continent of Africa for over 1,300 years. Some would argue that both Islam and Christianity are indigenous African religions. Not everyone shares this view.

The Project on Religion and Changing Patterns of Authority in Africa aspires to correct this oversight. It seeks to understand the role of spirituality in how ordinary people grapple with and ...

This book fundamentally rewrites the cultural and religious history of North Africa under the Roman Empire, focalized through rituals related to child sacrifice and the carved-stone monuments ...

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Religious intolerance - in one of the most religious countries in Africa if not the world - is one of the issues dominating debate ahead of next year's elections. It is rare to find a Nigerian who ...

It has suffered from a bad press internationally but is an official religion in the West African country of Benin. In the voodoo heartland of Ouidah, the sound of drums fills the air, while men ...