List of Traditions
| Afro-American Religions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion | Developed in* | Ancestral roots | Also practiced in | Remarks |
| Candomblé | Brazil | Yoruba | Some elements of Dahomey Vodun (deities) and Kongo nkisi. Also called Batuque. | |
| Umbanda | Brazil | Yoruba (mainly) | Uruguay |
Syncretism. Mixed the Yoruba's deities (Orishas) with the Bantu's veneration of ancestral spirits (Preto Velho), indigenous elements (Caboclos and Caciques), Allan Kardec's Spiritism and Catholicism. Founded in the early 20th century. |
| Quimbanda | Brazil | Kongo Witchcraft Brazilian Shamanism |
Veneration of ancestral spirits called Exu and Pomba Gira | |
| Santería | Cuba | Yoruba | Puerto Rico, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, USA | Catholicism Syncretism |
| Regla de Arará | Cuba | Fon | Puerto Rico | |
| Regla de Palo | Cuba | Kongo nkisi | Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, USA, Venezuela | Also called Palo Mayombe, Las Reglas del Congo, Palo Monte |
| Haitian Vodou | Haiti | Fon | Cuba, Dominican Republic, USA, Canada | |
| Louisiana Voodoo | Southern USA | Fon | USA | |
| Obeah | Jamaica | Igbo | Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas, Virgin Islands, Grenada, Barbados, Guyana, Suriname, Belize | Similar to Hoodoo, derives from the Igbo 'obia' (or dibia, Igbo: doctoring) traditions. |
| Winti | Suriname | Akan, Yoruba, Kongo | ||
| Kumina | Jamaica | Kongo | ||
| Spiritual Baptist | Trinidad and Tobago | Yoruba | Jamaica, Bahamas, USA | Protestantism Syncretism, since the early 19th century |
| Hoodoo | Southern USA | Dahomey or Fon | USA | |
| Abakua | Cuba | Ekpe | society of the Annang, Efik, Ibibio, Ekoi and Igbo | |
| Orisha | Trinidad | Yoruba | New York City | originally Yoruba, later syncretized with Catholicism. |
* Does not refer to the religions' indigenous origins in continental Africa, but only to their development in the New World.
Other closely related regional faiths include:
- Dominican Vudú (Fon, Dominican Republic
- Sanse (also known as Puerto Rican Vudú) (Fon, Puerto Rico)
- Xangô de Recife (Yoruba, Brazil)
- Xangô do Nordeste (Yoruba, Brazil
- Tambor de Mina (Yoruba, Brazil)
- Candomblé Ketu (Yoruba, Bahia, Brazil)
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