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 ...

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 ...

Through North Africa, Christianity was embraced as the religion of dissent against the expanding Roman Empire. In the 4th century AD the Ethiopian King Ezana made Christianity the kingdom's ...

There are followers of African traditional religions who also say they face intolerance - especially from those who follow the dominant faiths. Odinani, or Odinala, was the religion of the vast ...

His seminal book, African Religions and Philosophy (1969), which challenged the long held view that traditional African religious ideas were ‘demonic’, has remained a masterpiece in Christian ...

When communities abandon traditional religious beliefs ... "God does not want us to practice idol worship. African religion, most of the time, is based on idolatry," he said.