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Religions of the African diaspora
African diaspora religions
, also described as
Afro-American religions
, are a number of related beliefs that developed in the
Americas
in various nations of the
Caribbean
,
Latin America
and the
Southern United States
. They derive from
traditional African religions
with some influence from other religious traditions, notably
Christianity
and
Islam
.
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Characteristics
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Afro-American religions involve ancestor veneration and include a
creator deity
along with a
pantheon
of divine spirits such as the
Orisha
,
Loa
,
Vodun
,
Nkisi
and
Alusi
, among others.
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In addition to the
religious syncretism
of these various African traditions, many also incorporate elements of
folk Catholicism
including
folk saints
and other forms of
folk religion
,
Native American religion
,
Spiritism
,
Spiritualism
,
Shamanism
(sometimes including the use of
Entheogens
) and
European folklore
.
Various "doctoring" spiritual traditions also exist such as
Obeah
and
Hoodoo
which focus on spiritual health.
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African religious traditions in the Americas can vary. They can have non-prominent African roots or can be almost wholly African in nature, such as religions like
Trinidad Orisha
.
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African diaspora religions in the present
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The nature and composition of the African diaspora have undergone significant changes over time: from the forced migration of African captives of the Old and New Worlds to the voluntary emigration of free, skilled Africans in search of political asylum or economic opportunities; from a diaspora with little contact with the point of origin (Africa) to one that maintains active contact with the mother continent; all culminating in the birth of a unique African who straddles continents, worlds and cultures.
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Defining diasporas
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There are several conceptual difficulties in defining the African diaspora?indeed, in defining the term
diaspora
. Contemporary theorizations of the term
diaspora
tend to be preoccupied with problematizing the relationship between diaspora and nation and the dualities or multiplicities of diasporic identity or subjectivity; they are inclined to be condemnatory or celebratory of transnational mobility and hybridity. In many cases, the term
diaspora
is used in a fuzzy, ahistorical and uncritical manner in which all manner of movements and migrations between countries and even within countries are included and no adequate attention is paid to the historical conditions and experiences that produce diasporic communities and consciousness?how dispersed populations become self-conscious diaspora communities.
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List of religions and spiritual traditions
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The Bahamas
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Belize
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Brazil
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Colombia
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Cuba
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Curacao
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Dominican Republic
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Grenada
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Guatemala (Garifuna)
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Guyana
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Haiti
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Honduras
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Jamaica
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Nicaragua
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Puerto Rico
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Saint Lucia
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Suriname
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Black/Afro Americans
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Venezuela
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See also
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References
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- ^
Murphy, Larry G.;
Melton, J. Gordon
; Ward, Gary L., eds. (2011) [1993].
Encyclopedia of African American Religions
. Religious Information Systems, 9 (Reprint ed.). New York; London: Routledge.
ISBN
0-8153-0500-1
.
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Fulop, Timothy Earl;
Raboteau, Albert J.
, eds. (1997).
African American Religion: Interpretive Essays in History and Culture
. London; New York: Routledge.
ISBN
0-415-91458-2
.
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Woodson, Carter G.
(2009) [1928].
African Myths and Folk Tales
. Mineola, NY: Dover Publ.
ISBN
978-0486114286
.
OCLC
853448285
.
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Eltis, David; Richardson, David (1997).
Routes to slavery: direction, ethnicity, and mortality in the transatlantic slave trade
. Routledge. p. 88.
ISBN
0-7146-4820-5
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Houk, James (1995).
Spirits, Blood, and Drums: The Orisha Religion in Trinidad
. Temple University Press.
ISBN
1566393507
.
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"African Diaspora | Encyclopedia.com"
.
www.encyclopedia.com
. Retrieved
2020-11-04
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Payne, Wardell J., ed. (1991).
Directory of African American Relugious Bodies
. Washington, DC: Howard University Press.
ISBN
0882581740
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External links
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Afro-American
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