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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 Orisha, Loa, Nkisi, and Alusi, among others. In addition to the religious syncretism of these various African traditions, many also incorporate elements of Indigenous American religion, Spiritism, Spiritualism and Christianity.

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 Igbopeoples.
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, 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


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