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Robert Farris Thompson was a professor at Yale University who conducted academic research in Africa and the United States and traced Hoodoo's (African American conjure) origins to Central Africa's Bantu-Kongo people in his book Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy.
Malidoma Patrice Somé (1956–2021) was a writer and workshop leader, primarily in the field of spirituality. Born in a Dagara community in Dano, Burkina Faso, West Africa, he was raised by Jesuit priests from the age of four, pursued higher education in the West, and spent most of his adult life in the United States and Europe.
Art and oracle: African art and rituals of divination. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-0-87099-933-8. Archived from the original on 2013-05-10. Lugira, Aloysius Muzzanganda. African traditional religion. Infobase Publishing, 2009. Mbiti, John. African Religions and Philosophy (1969) African Writers Series, Heinemann ISBN 0 ...
Ukuthwasa is a Southern African culture-bound syndrome [1] [2] associated with the calling and the initiation process to become a sangoma, a type of traditional healer. In the cultural context of traditional healers in Southern Africa, the journey of ukuthwasa (or intwaso) involves a spiritual process marked by rituals, teachings, and preparations.
The traditional beliefs and practices of African people are highly diverse beliefs that include various ethnic religions. [4] [5] Generally, these traditions are oral rather than scriptural and passed down from one generation to another through folk tales, songs, and festivals, [6] [7] include belief in an amount of higher and lower gods, sometimes including a supreme creator or force, belief ...
Christian militias in the Central African Republic have also kidnapped, burnt and buried alive women accused of being 'witches' in public ceremonies. [35] Ngangas are spiritual healers in Central Africa and use divination to detect evil witches and perform rituals to remove witchcraft by making nkisi nkondi to hunt and punish sorcerers.
The African Gaze: Photography, Cinema and Power was born out of the public response to her teaching materials. Sall, a Senegalese-American archivist and writer from the Bronx who taught a course ...
The veneration of Ayelala encompasses a range of rites and ceremonies, each serving distinct purposes such as invoking her power, seeking her protection, appeasing her, or requesting her favour. Notable rituals include: Ebo Ayelala: This ritual involves offerings made to Ayelala to seek her blessings or forgiveness. [1]