Traditional African religion
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Many Americans and descendants adhere to their traditions as a philosophical school-of-thought, with traditions of folk religion or syncretism practised alongside other adherent's tradition.
Traditional African religions involve teachings, practices, and rituals that lend structure to African native societies. These traditional African religions also play a large part in the cultural understanding and awareness of the people of their communities.
While each religion differs from the next in many ways, some main similarities exist, including:
- A distant "all god" with intermediaries acting between us and it
- Spirit or god possession
- The gift of offerings and sacrifices to the gods
- The use of altars
- Ancestor veneration/worship
- Community leadership by a divine or semi-divine king or queen
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Traditions by region
- North Africa
- West Africa
- Akan mythology (Ghana)
- Ashanti mythology (Ghana)
- Dahomey (Fon) mythology
- Efik mythology (Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Odinani of the Igbo people (Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Isoko mythology (Nigeria)
- Serer (Senegal, Gambia)
- Yoruba mythology (Nigeria, Benin)
- Central Africa
- Bushongo mythology (Congo)
- Bambuti (Pygmy) mythology (Congo)
- Lugbara mythology (Congo)
- East Africa
- Akamba mythology (East Kenya)
- Dinka mythology (South Sudan)
- Lotuko mythology (South Sudan)
- Masai mythology (Kenya, Tanzania)
- Malagasy mythology (Madagascar)
- Southern Africa
- Khoikhoi mythology
- Lozi mythology (Zambia)
- Tumbuka mythology (Malawi)
- Zulu mythology (South Africa)
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