The role of African Traditional Religions (ATRs) in the political and social development of the continent is only now beginning to be appreciated in the West. But what of their relationship with ...

Because of the diaspora, this religion now goes by a variety of different names, including Orisa-Vodun, the branch Adefunmi created that’s unique to a small, traditional African ...

Both Islam and Christianity are religions of the book; their doctrinal authority lies in their scriptures. African traditional religions produced no written works, but derived their authority from ...

In Africa today, people continue to try to put together their traditional cultural and religious heritage with the religions brought to them by traders, missionaries and colonizers. This being said, ...

A supreme power, ruling over everything and everyone appears to be a feature of all African religions. This supreme power is the prime mover and creator, who is all knowing and eternal ...

The 24-year-old atheist has recently emerged as a rebel publicly contesting the powers of the supernatural in this deeply religious country. Belief in African traditional religions and its juju ...