Dictionaries broadly explain the word “devil” as “spirit of evil” or “wicked spirit.” The devil, satan or Lucifer is an imported religious concept from Europe. In African religion, good and bad ...

Introduction : African traditions in the study of religion in Africa / Ezra Chitando, Afe Adogame, Bolaji Bateye -- ch. 1. African religions in African scholarship : a critique / Umar Habila Dadem ...

To secure health and wealth, many people combine elements from different religious traditions. One such movement is Chrislam.

Studies show that South Africa is one of only three countries in the world where religious participation has increased in recent years. The other two countries are Italy and the US. The 2022 Census ...

Africa Unchained points to an article on the rampant spread of belief in religious miracles in Africa….” From the Gambia to South Africa, Africans believe in miracles are legendary. In West Africa, ...

For a century, more than 519 sacred objects from the Umbanda and Candomblé—two religions with African origins—were in the possession of Brazil police. This possession and the fight to return these ...

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – A Cameroonian priest and intellectual has published a ground-breaking book that could potentially change the way African Traditional Religion is perceived by the Catholic Church.

Median levels of government restrictions and social hostilities rose in Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and the Middle East and North Africa.

The image of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, on a window at Regina Mundi Cathedral in Soweto. Willem van Valkenburg/Flickr The relationship between religion and the law is often ...