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</html>";s:4:"text";s:9517:"Sometimes the worship of God is done through intercessors. [10][11][12][13][14] The two Abrahamic religions are widespread across Africa, though mostly concentrated in different areas. Worship is by way of utterances mainly, and not meditative, and comes in many forms, such as sacrifices and offerings; prayers, invocations, blessing and salutations; and intercessions. All Rights Reserved. [8][9], Although the majority of Africans today are adherents of Christianity or Islam, African people often combine the practice of their traditional belief with the practice of Abrahamic religions. In the African traditional religions, the main beliefs are, God, the divinities, spirits and ancestors. Invocations are calls for God's intervention into a particular matter. Blessings are good wishes being asked of God, such as, "God be with you". The Supreme Being is called upon in times of great hardship and need, like drought or epidemic that may threaten the entire community. Copyright © 2020 The Gleaner Company (Media) Limited. Belief. [1][7], Adherents of traditional religions in Sub-Saharan Africa are distributed among 43 countries and are estimated to number over 100 million. Encyclopædia Britannica. Diviner (also known as priest) are also sought for their wisdom as counselors in life and for their knowledge of herbal medicine. This is largely because cosmology and beliefs are intricately intertwined with the natural phenomena and environment. Introduction to African religion. This is also true in the African Traditional Religion. According to Clemmont E. Vontress, the various religious traditions of Africa are united by a basic Animism. They are mostly requests to satisfy a particular need or to give thanks. There are also religions with a single Supreme being (Chukwu, Nyame, Olodumare, Ngai, Roog, etc.). An African understanding, The List: The World's Fastest-Growing Religions, "US study sheds light on Africa's unique religious mix", Ian S. Markham,(A World Religions Reader. [38] With a long farming tradition, the Serer high priests and priestesses (Saltigue) deliver yearly sermons at the Xooy Ceremony (divination ceremony) in Fatick before Yoonir's phase in order to predict winter months and enable farmers to start planting.[39]. The religion of the Yoruba is finding roots in the Islands of the Caribbean and potions of Central and South America. In some traditional African religions, morality is associated with obedience or disobedience to God regarding the way a person or a community lives. This page was last edited on 27 November 2020, at 02:28. Most religions can be described as animistic[4][5] with various polytheistic and pantheistic aspects. There are generally no prohibitions against the practice. The prayers are usually short, extemporaneous, and succinct, and may be accompanied by sacrifices and offerings. The traditional African religions (or traditional beliefs and practices of African people) are a set of highly diverse beliefs that include various ethnic religions.. Generally, these traditions are oral rather than scriptural, include belief in a supreme creator, belief in spirits, veneration of the dead, use of magic and traditional African medicine. There are no strict rules governing when people should worship, but the practice and customs of worship vary from place to place, and people worship for special reasons, such as harvest festivals, the rites of birth, initiation, marriage and death, planting time, times of national need, before or during hunting, gathering and fishing, the blessing of cattle, unusual phenomena, and the coronation of chiefs and kings. 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