Journal of Religion in Africa is a quarterly academic journal established in 1967 by Andrew Walls. It focuses on all religious traditions in Africa....
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Religion in Africa is multifaceted and has been a major influence on art, culture and philosophy. Today, the continent's various populations and individuals...
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The beliefs and practices of African people are highly diverse, and include various ethnic religions. Generally, these traditions are oral rather than...
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so the religion varies greatly by region and subgroup. Similar to other traditional religions of West and Central Africa such as West African Vodun, Yoruba...
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Christianity in Africa arrived in Africa in the 1st century AD, and in the 21st century the majority of Africans are Christians. Several African Christians...
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Traditional African religions, a term referred to as "African Islam." About 97% of the Senegalese population is Muslim, and many denominations of this faith...
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Christianity and Islam are the two main religions practiced in Nigeria. The country is home to some of the world's largest Christian and Muslim populations...
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Religion in South Africa is dominated by various branches of Christianity, which collectively represent around 85% of the country's total population....
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from Below: Localizing Krishna Rituals in Southern Ghana". Journal of Religion in Africa. 39: 403-428.cATLA Religion Database with ATLAserials, EBSCOhost...
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Vodún or vodúnsínsen is an African traditional religion practiced by the Aja, Ewe, and Fon peoples of Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Nigeria. Practitioners are...
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The Journal of Religion is an academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press founded in 1897 as The American Journal of Theology. The journal...
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West Africa, also called Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin,...
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Africa is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the International African Institute. The journal covers...
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Africa is a Christian majority nation with Islam being a minority religion, practised by roughly 1.6% of the total population. Islam in South Africa has...
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The Journal for the Study of Religion is a semi-annual journal published by the Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa. It was established...
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Nyankapon-Nyame-Odomankoma (category Names of God in African traditional religions)
Trickster". Journal of Religion in Africa. 12 (3): 161–177. doi:10.2307/1581431. ISSN 0022-4200. JSTOR 1581431. Ost, Brad. "LibGuides: Traditional African Religions:...
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in the Senegambia region in West Africa. The Serer religion believes in a universal supreme deity called Roog (or Rog). In the Cangin languages, Roog...
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Presentation and Common Culture Structures in Ngoma Rituals of Southern Africa". Journal of Religion in Africa. 25 (2). Brill: 141–162. doi:10.1163/157006695X00173...
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Memon people (category Muslim communities of India)
Dissensions and Litigations': Durban's 'Memon' Mosque, 1880–1930". Journal of Religion in Africa. 36 (1). Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers: 23–49. doi:10...
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Hinduism South African Hindu Maha Sabha Hindu related resources in South Africa Homogeneity and South African Hinduism Journal of Religion in Africa, Vol. 13...
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(2009). "'Heepa' (Hail) Òrìşà: The Òrìsà Factor in the Birth of Yoruba Identity". Journal of Religion in Africa. 39 (1): 30–59. doi:10.1163/157006609X408211...
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White Fathers (redirect from Missionaries of Our Lady of Africa of Algeria)
in Present-Day Zambia". Journal of Religion in Africa. 33 (4): 365–376. doi:10.1163/157006603322665314. ISSN 0022-4200. JSTOR 1581748. University of Birmingham...
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are the two largest religions in Africa. Islam is most prevalent in Northern Africa, and is the state religion of many North African countries, such as...
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Dinka people (redirect from List of Dinka people)
Nikkel, Marc R. (1992). "Aspects of Contemporary Religious Change among the Dinka". Journal of Religion in Africa. 22 (1): 78–94. doi:10.2307/1580785...
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Nana Buluku (category Names of God in African traditional religions)
in the West African traditional religion of the Fon people (Benin, Dahomey) and the Ewe people (Togo). She is one of the most influential deities in West...
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religions), Indian religions, East Asian religions, African religions, American religions, Oceanic religions, and classical Hellenistic religions. In...
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in South Africa." Journal of religion in Africa 35.1 (2005): 66-92. [ online] Anderson, Allan. Evangelism and the Growth of Pentecostalism in Africa (University...
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Ghana." Journal of religion in Africa 43.4 (2013): 426–450. Weiss, Holger. "Variations in the colonial representation of Islam and Muslims in Northern...
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The Journal of African History (JAH) is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal. It was established in 1960 and is published by Cambridge University...
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Islam is one of the two largest religions in Nigeria. Nigeria also has the largest Muslim population in Africa.In 2024, Nigeria had the largest Muslim...
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