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Wednesday, February 14, 2018

1500 AD-African religious systems were introduced to the Americas, with the commencement of the trans-Atlantic slave trade

Variations of African Religions in the Americas (also known as African diasporic religions or New World traditions) 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 of Africa with some influence from Christianity. Also Dominican, they call it “las 21 divisionones"

Characteristics

Afro-American religions involve veneration of the dead, and include a creator deity along with a pantheon of divine spirits such as the OrishaLoaNkisi, and Alusi, among others. In addition to the religious syncretism of these various African traditions, many also incorporate elements of Indigenous American religion, SpiritismSpiritualism and Christianity.

List of traditions


Variations of African Religions in the Americas
ReligionLocationAncestral rootsAlso practiced inRemarks
CandombléBrazilYoruba religionKongoArgentinaColombiaUruguayVenezuelaUnited States
UmbandaBrazilYoruba religionArgentinaUruguayVenezuelaUnited States
QuimbandaBrazilKongoArgentinaUruguayUnited States
SanteríaCubaYoruba religionArgentinaBrazilColombiaDominican RepublicHaitiMexicoPanamaBelizePuerto RicoUnited StatesUruguayVenezuela
Cuban VodúCubaDahomean religionDominican RepublicPuerto RicoUnited States
PaloCuba[1]KongoDominican RepublicPuerto RicoUnited States
AbakuáCubaEkpeUnited StatesSecret society of the AnaangEfikIbibioEkoi, and Igbopeoples.
Dominican VudúDominican RepublicDahomean religionUnited States
Haitian VodouHaitiDahomean religion, FonCanadaDominican RepublicUnited StatesFrance
ObeahJamaicaAkan religionOdinaniYoruba religionthe BahamasBarbadosBelizeDominicaGrenadaGuyanaSurinameTrinidad and TobagoVirgin IslandsUnited StatesCanadaUnited KingdomAustraliaSimilar to Hoodoo folk magic. Derives from the Igbo 'obia' (or dibia, Igbodoctoring) traditions.[2]
KuminaJamaicaKongoUnited States
WintiSurinameAkan religionGuyanaNetherlandsUnited StatesUnited KingdomCanada
Spiritual BaptistTrinidad and TobagoYoruba religionthe BahamasBarbadosGuyanaSurinameCanadaJamaicaBelizeUnited StatesUnited KingdomAustralia
Trinidad OrishaTrinidad and Tobago[3]Yoruba religionUnited StatesCanadaUnited KingdomAustralia
Louisiana VoodooSouthern United StatesDahomean religionUnited States


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