African Folklore
Traditional African religion is a catch-all term for the ethnic and folk religious traditions of the peoples of Africa (especially Sub-Saharan Africa), often involving syncretism with other traditions, especially Christianity and Islam.
Due to the vast scope and diversity of Sub-Saharan African ethnography, there is no single uniting aspect of traditional African religion beyond what is culturally universal of pre-modern religion worldwide, i.e. aspects of oral tradition and animism.
Read more about African Folklore: Classification and Statistics, West African Religious Tradition, Deities, Practices and Rituals, Duality of Self and Gods, Virtue and Vice, Religious Offices, Holy Places and Headquarters of Religious Activities, Liturgy and Rituals, Mythology, Religious Persecution, Misleading Terms, Traditions By Region
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