African diaspora religionsAfrican diaspora religions, also described as Afro-American religions, are a number of related beliefs that developed in the Americas in various areas of the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Southern United States. They derive from traditional African religions with some influence from other religious traditions, notably Christianity and Islam. CharacteristicsAfro-American religions share a number of beliefs and practices.
Water spiritA water spirit is a kind of supernatural being found in the folklore of many cultures. The following is a of water spirits: AfricanSome water spirits in traditional African religion include: Mami Wata is a transcultural pantheon of water spirits and deities of the African diaspora.
Hoodoo (spirituality)Spiritual practices, traditions and beliefsHoodoo is a complex set of spiritual observances, traditions, and beliefs—including magical and other ritual practices—developed by enslaved African Americans in the Southern United States from various traditional African spiritualities and elements of Native American ethnobotany. Hoodoo practitioners are called rootworkers, conjure doctors, conjure men or conjure women, and root doctors.
Kongo religionTraditional religion of the Bakongo people Kongo religionMale Power Figure (Nkisi), Kongo artist and nganga, late 19th–mid-20th century, Democratic Republic of the CongoTypeBakongoRegionCentral AfricaLanguageKikongoTerritoryThe northern tip of Angola • western Democratic Republic of the Congo • the southern tip of Gabon • the southern half of the Republic of the CongoOriginKingdom of Vungu • Seven Kingdoms of Kongo dia Nlaza Part of a series onAfrican traditional religions Religions Akan Amazigh Ancient Egypt Bantu Baluba Bushongo Chagga Kongo Lozi Luhya Tumbuka Zulu Dinka Dogon Efik Gbe Hausa Nubia Lotuko Lugbara Maasai Mbuti Odinala (Igbo) San Serer Vodun Waaqeffanna (Oromo) Yoruba Doctrines Divination African divination Dogon astronomy (the star Sirius) Dogon astronomy (Nommo) Index of African mythology and creation narratives Philosophy Serer astronomy (the star Sirius) Yooniir Ciiɗ, Serer reincarnation Deities Index of African deities List of African deities and mythical figures Sacred places Bandiagara Escarpment Benin City Dahomey Fatick Ifẹ Igbo-Ukwu Jebel Barkal Kanem–Bornu Mount Hombori Nri-Igbo Nsukka Ouidah Oyo Point of Sangomar Sangha Sangha Ogol Leye Sine Sine River Somb Tattaguine Temple of Philae Tukar Yaboyabo Youga Dogorou Education Ndut Okuyi Priesthood God's Wife of Amun High Priest of Amun High Priest of Ptah Hogon Houngan Mambo Saltigue Sangoma Relation with other religions African diaspora religions Persecution Persecution of Dogons Persecution of Serers Traditional African religion and other religions Category Portalvte Part of a series onKongo religion Religions Antonianism Kongo Kongo Catholicism Deities Bunzi Chicamassi-chinuinji Dinganga Jesus Kimbazi Kuitikuiti Lubangala Lusiemo Lusunzi Makanga Ma Kiela Mamba Muntu Mbantilanda Mbenza Mboze Mbumba Moni-Mambu Ngonde Ntangu Nzambi Mpungu Nzambici Nzazi Phulu Bunzi Yahweh Elements Ancestral veneration Kalunga line Kongo cosmogram Mfinda Nature spirits Nganga Nlongo Simbi Art Nkisi Nkondi Tumba DiasporaHoodoo Black cat bone Candomblé Bantu (Brazil) Goofer dust Hoodoo (USA) Hot foot powder Kumbaya Mojo bag Ring shout Religions Candomblé (Bantu) Comfa Espiritismo Palo Myal (Convince, Kumina) Maria Lionza Birongo Categoryvte Kongo religion (Kikongo: Bukongo or Bakongo) encompasses the traditional spiritual beliefs of the Bakongo people.
List of nature deitiesIn religion, a nature deity is a deity in charge of forces of nature, such as water, biological processes, or weather. These deities can also govern natural features such as mountains, trees, or volcanoes. Accepted in animism, pantheism, panentheism, polytheism, deism, totemism, shamanism, Taoism, Hinduism, and paganism, the nature deity can embody a number of archetypes including mother goddess, Mother Nature, or lord of the animals.
Central AfricaCentral Africa (French: Afrique centrale; Spanish: África central; Portuguese: África Central) is a subregion of the African continent comprising various countries according to different definitions.
Palo (religion)Palo, also known as Las Reglas de Congo, is an African diasporic religion that developed in Cuba during the late 19th or early 20th century. It draws heavily upon the traditional Kongo religion of Central Africa, with additional influences taken from Catholicism and from Spiritism. An initiatory religion practised by paleros (male) and paleras (female), Palo is organised through small autonomous groups called munanso congo, each led by a tata (father) or yayi (mother).Atlantic slave tradeSlave trade between Africa and the WestReproduction of a handbill advertising a slave auction in Charleston, British Province of South Carolina, in 1769The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people to the Americas. This trade was operated by slave ships from both Europe and the New World. Some voyages used the triangular trade route and its Middle Passage, particularly in the early phases.
Tutelary deityA tutelary (; also tutelar) is a deity or a spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person, lineage, nation, culture, or occupation. The etymology of tutelary expresses the concept of safety and thus of guardianship. In late Greek and Roman religion, one type of tutelary deity, the genius, functions as the personal deity or daimon of an individual from birth to death.
Bantu peoplesThe Bantu peoples are an ethnolinguistic grouping of approximately 400 distinct Indigenous Africanethnic groups who speak Bantu languages. The languages are native to countries spread over a vast area from West Africa, to Central Africa, Southeast Africa, East Africa and into Southern Africa. Bantu people also inhabit southern areas of Northeast African states. There are several hundred Bantu languages.
Veneration of the deadThe veneration of the dead, including one's ancestors, is based on love and respect for the deceased. In some cultures, it is related to beliefs that the dead have a continued existence, and may possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living. Some groups venerate their direct, familial ancestors.
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