The devil, satan or Lucifer is an imported religious concept from Europe. In African religion, good and bad spirits exist, but only as impersonalised spiritual forces. In Christianity and Islam ...

It is the quest of this paper to look at the different aspects of African traditional religion that either encourages or discourages women empowerment in our societies. All questions regarding the ...

Consequently, Afro-Brazilian religions stand as a testament to a history of resistance and the evolution of Black and Afro-descendant identities, as diverse African ethnic groups reshaped their ...

The role of African Traditional Religions (ATRs) in the political and social development of the continent is only now beginning to be appreciated in the West. But what of their relationship with ...

Thus both religions have been on the continent of Africa for over 1,300 years. Some would argue that both Islam and Christianity are indigenous African religions. Not everyone shares this view.

A supreme power, ruling over everything and everyone appears to be a feature of all African religions. This supreme power is the prime mover and creator, who is all knowing and eternal ...

At Dar es Salaam, Willy Mutunga remembers, Rodney taught outside official classrooms on Europe developing Africa. Religion and philosophy were Mbiti’s intellectual war fronts. He distinguished ...

Mohamed Rifki, Secretary-General of the Mohammed VI Foundation of African Ulema (Scholars) said on Friday that King Mohammed ...

Religious intolerance - in one of the most religious countries in Africa if not the world - is one of the issues dominating debate ahead of next year's elections. It is rare to find a Nigerian who ...

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka expressed his preference for Orisa worship, an African traditional religion, over Christianity and Islam Soyinka praised Orisa's openness and peaceful principles ...

The Conversation Africa's Godfred Akoto Boafo speaks to political scientist Thomas Prehi Botchway who has researched and written on religion and ethnicity in Ghanaian politics and their impact on ...