Afro-American religion

Example of Louisiana Voodoo altar inside a temple in New Orleans.

Afro-American religion (also known as African diasporic religions) are a number of related religions that developed in the Americas in various nations of Latin America, the Caribbean, and the southern United States. They derive from traditional African religions with some influence from other religious traditions, notably Christianity.

Characteristics

Afro-American religions involve veneration of the dead, and include a creator deity along with a pantheon of divine spirits such as the Orisha, Loa, Nkisi, and Alusi, among others. In addition to the religious syncretism of these various African traditions, many also incorporate elements of Folk Catholicism, Native American religion, Spiritism, Spiritualism and European folklore.

List of traditions

Variations of African Religions in the Americas
ReligionLocationAncestral rootsAlso practiced inRemarks
CandombléBrazilYoruba religion, KongoArgentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Venezuela, United States
UmbandaBrazilYoruba religionArgentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, United States
QuimbandaBrazilKongoArgentina, Uruguay, United States
SanteríaCubaYoruba religionArgentina, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, Belize, Puerto Rico, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
Cuban VodúCubaDahomean religionDominican Republic, Puerto Rico, United States
PaloCuba[1]KongoDominican Republic, Puerto Rico, United States
AbakuáCubaEkpeUnited StatesSecret society of the Anaang, Efik, Ibibio, Ekoi, and Igbo peoples.
Dominican VudúDominican RepublicDahomean religionUnited States
Haitian VodouHaitiDahomean religion, FonCanada, Dominican Republic, United States, France
ObeahJamaicaAkan religion, Odinani, Yoruba religionthe Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, AustraliaSimilar to Hoodoo folk magic. Derives from the Igbo 'obia' (or dibia, Igbo: doctoring) traditions.[2]
KuminaJamaicaKongoUnited States
WintiSurinameAkan religionGuyana, Netherlands, United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Spiritual BaptistTrinidad and TobagoYoruba religionthe Bahamas, Barbados, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Guyana, Suriname, Canada, Jamaica, Belize, United States, United Kingdom, Australia
Trinidad OrishaTrinidad and Tobago[3]Yoruba religionUnited States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia
Louisiana VoodooSouthern United StatesDahomean religionUnited States

See also

References

  1. For an extended discussion on Palo's history, see: Dodson, Jualynne E. (2008). Sacred spaces and Religious Traditions in Oriente Cuba. UNM Press.
  2. 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.
  3. Houk, James (1995). Spirits, Blood, and Drums: The Orisha Religion in Trinidad. Temple University Press.
  4. Xango de Recife
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