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    Islam, African people often combine the practice of their traditional beliefs with the practice of Abrahamic religions. These two Abrahamic religions are...
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  • conquests displaced traditional African religions either by conversion or conquest. Traditional African religions have influenced Islam in Africa, and Islam is...
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  • the Supreme Creator. Similar to some other Bantu religions, Adherents of Zulu traditional religion believe in honoring ancestors (Amadlozi). Unkulunkulu...
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  • adherents of Christianity, Islam, and to a lesser extent several traditional African religions. In Christian or Islamic communities, religious beliefs are...
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  • Traditional African religions have shared notable relationships with other religions, cultures, and traditions. Throughout the history, they are often...
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    ethnic religions as a means of maintaining a distinct ethnic identity such as the role of African traditional religion and African diaspora religions among...
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  • well as deities found within the African religions—which is mostly derived from traditional African religions. Additionally, prominent mythic figures including...
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    well as members of traditional religions with few Muslim converts. Nigeria is officially a secular state with no official state religion. Article 10 of the...
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    from traditional African religions with some influence from other religious traditions, notably Christianity and Islam. Afro-American religions involve...
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    Traditional religions such as the Akan Traditional Religion and Dagbon Traditional Religion are the indigenous religions of Ghana. Islam was the first...
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    Christianity, Islam, African Traditional Religion, or a combination of all of these. Among the most practiced African Traditional Religions in Benin is the...
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    diversity of the country's population. A diverse variety of African Traditional Religions of the early Khoisan and later Bantu speakers were practiced...
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    and evolved into the current forms of religions with similar names that are found in the New World among the African diaspora in the Americas, such as Surinamese...
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    Hinduism. It is suggested that most ancient traditional African religions, like most other indigenous folk religions around the world, were strictly polytheistic...
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    which respects freedom of religion. The reported estimated relative proportions of adherents of traditional African religions and Christianity have varied...
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    population (mainly in the far south and southwest) follow traditional religions; other religions (the Baháʼí Faith, Judaism, etc.) make up the remaining...
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  • 229 Major religious groups World religions Importance of religion by country Religious demographics Religions: Religions by country History of the Baháʼí...
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  • held views that African traditional religions were rooted in demonic anti-Christian values and to stress that traditional African religions deserve the same...
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  • The predominant religion in Somalia is Islam, with tiny minorities of Christians, traditional African religions and others. Most residents of Somalia...
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    Kenya are Baháʼí, Buddhism, Hinduism and traditional religions. Kenya is a secular state and freedom of religion is enshrined in the nation's constitution...
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  • World Religions Database at the ARDA website, retrieved 2023-08-08 "Overview Of World Religions". General Essay on the Religions of Sub-Saharan Africa. Division...
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    of the dead, use of magic and traditional African medicine. Kongo mythology, next to other nearby traditional religions can be described as animistic...
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  • Bondye (category Afro-Caribbean religion)
    Christianity, as well as that of the supreme deity found in various African traditional religions. Teaching the existence of single supreme God, Vodou has been...
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    religions represent only 1.5% of the population, and those of no religion 3.5%. The non-Christian people primarily subscribe to traditional African religions...
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    some 3.5% are Christian, and 0.1% practice other religions (including African Traditional Religions). Articles 17, 25, 32, 33, and 212 of the Constitution...
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    Traditional African medicine is a range of traditional medicine disciplines involving indigenous herbalism and African spirituality, typically including...
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  • significant Asian American populations. There are Caribbean and African traditional religions in North and West Philadelphia. These numbers are also growing...
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    Church. However, some still retain beliefs and practices from African traditional religions. The origins of the Ovimbundu are Bantu populations who drifted...
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    Traditional African masks are worn in ceremonies and rituals across West, Central, and Southern Africa. They are used in events such as harvest celebrations...
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    predominant religion in Central African Republic, with significant minorities of the adherents of Islam and Traditional African religions. The country...
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