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Please submit only sites dealing with African-American hoodoo, rootwork, and conjuration in this category. Sites selling hoodoo-related products should be listed under Society: Religion and Spirituality: African Diasporic: Products and Services. |
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The Akan, Ashanti, Ga, Fante, and related people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast believe the universe was created by a supreme deity variously known as Oboadee (Creator), Nyame (God), or Ananse Kokuroko (The Great Spider). They also recognize a pantheon of lesser deities, the Abosom. Conversion to Roman Catholicism took place on a vast scale under colonial rule, but many Akans practice traditional worship of the Abosom or syncretize it with Christianity. The unique cosmology, symbolism, religious customs,and divination systems that developed in Ghana are currently practiced on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, for many people of Akan ancestry are found in the Caribbean islands of Barbados, St. Lucia, Trinidad, and the Bahamas, as well as the United States.
Yoruba worship as practiced primarily by African-Americans.
Orisha worship in Brazil.
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Please submit only sites dealing with African-American hoodoo, rootwork, and conjuration in this category. Sites selling hoodoo-related products should be listed under Society: Religion and Spirituality: African Diasporic: Products and Services. |
Hoodoo, also known as rootwork or conjure, is a system of African-American folk-magical belief and practice dervied from Congo and West African sources, with an admixture of Native American and European-American herb-lore. It is not a hierarchically-organized religion per se, but even though most practitioners are Christians, the true spiritual basis of hoodoo is found in the African Traditional Religions.
The practice of Ifa divination, related sites of Babalawos; priests of Ifa.
This category is concerned with the general to the specifics of the topics listed above. Sites pertaining to the practice of religious branches descended from Yoruba belief systems as practiced outside of Africa, which fall under the categories of La Regla de Ocha, Lucumi (Lukumi), Santeria, Ifa, Anago, or Candomble should be submitted here.Sites submitted can be from organizations, individual priests or practitioners, scholars, artists or others, and may pertain to any aspects of Orisha worship, Odu, foods, music, instruments, art, or rituals.
The sites listed will provide serious and relevant information that can be used for further understanding and scholarly work. These category subjects will primarily be applied to African cultures and those cultures which are related to the African Diasporic experiences.
The religions and divination systems that developed among the Kongo and Bantu people of Congo / Angola Central Africa focus on worship of the Nkisi (also called Inquice or Mpungos). Palo is also called Mayombe, Malongo, Palo Monte, Palo Cristiano, Palo Judica, Kimbisa, or Briyumba -- and the word "Palo" is Spanish for "stick." Palo's diaspora roots go back to the Central African people who brought their religion with them when they were forcibly enslaved in Brazil, Cuba, and other islands in the West Indies. Like most African Traditional Religions, Palo is currently practiced under several names on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Please submit botanicas, book stores, spiritual supply stores, hoodoo candle shops, and spiiritual advisors here. Scammers and grotesquely commercial cold readers will not be listed. Authenticity is important, as is sincerity. Note to authors: to most effectively promote your book, please consider offering a sample chapter online and submitting that as well to the appropriate NON-commercial subcategory in Society: Religion and Spirituality: African Diasporic: |
Online resources to help you locate goods and services associated with or utilized by practitioners of all forms of African-Diaspora religion and folk-magic.
| This category is intended for sites specifically focusing on the spiritual aspects of Haile Selassie. Sites offering secular historical and biographical information should be submitted to the main Haile Selassie category found under Ethiopian History. |
A religious-cultural movement that began in Jamaica. Rastafarians believe that Haile Selassie, also named Ras Tafari, the last emperor of Ethiopia, is the Messiah. Reggae music is heavily influenced by Rastafarianism. There are some 180,000 Rastafarians worldwide.
Yoruba derived worship as practiced in the Caribbean and Caribbean communities in the United States, and England.
Congo, Yoruba and Catholic derived belief system practiced in Brazil and other Latin American countries.
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When submitting URLs, please note that although some Neo-Pagans falsely claim Voodoo lineage, such culturally appropriative sites will not be accepted in the African-Diasporic category. Also note that despite the similarity of names, Voodoo is not the same as (primarily syncretic Christian) African-American Hoodoo folk-magic derived from the Congo traditions, and that Hoodoo sites have their own subcategory. |
The ancient religions and divination systems that developed in West Africa among the Ewe, Fon, Kaye, and Tchamba people of Dahomey, Togo, and Benin, focusing on worship of the Loas (Lwa). Sevi Lwa is also called Vodun, Voodoo, Woodoo, Voudou, or Budu -- names that come from an African word for "spirit." Vodun's diaspora roots go back to the West African people who brought their religion with them when they were forcibly enslaved in Brazil, Haiti, Cuba, and other islands in the West Indies. Like most African Traditional Religions, Vodun is currently practiced under several names on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. In the Western Hemisphere, Vodou has also been influenced by the Kongo and Bantu cultures of the Congo River Basin; by the indigenous Arawaks, Caribs and Tainos; and, to some extent, by the Roman Catholicism of the colonizing French.
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