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| African Traditional Religions |
| Links, articles, and resources for the traditional religions of the African continent as well as Afro-Caribbean religions and ancient Egyptian religion (About.com). |
| http://altreligion.about.com/religion/altreligion/cs/africanreligions/ |
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| Akan Cosmology and Symbolism |
| This site describes Akan cosmology and illustrates it through traditional Akan religious symbols, each of which encodes within its graceful lines a theological or moral belief or lesson. The integration of this rich traditional Akan symbolism into the Roman Catholicism of Ghana is shown, as well. |
| http://www.marshall.edu/akanart/akancosmology.html |
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| African Traditional Religion |
| Although there are cultural variations in belief among Africans, author Kwabena Dei Ofori-Attah believes they are not strong enough to blur the common strands that give Africa its distinctive religious character. |
| http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/aern/afridan.html |
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| African Traditional Religions |
| A short overview of the many Traditional Religions practiced among people of differing cultural, linguistic, and ethnic groups; gives names for the supreme deity in many African languages; part of a larger site on polytheism. |
| http://jpdawson.com/modrelg/relafri.html |
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| Palo and Lukumi Organization |
| An interfaith religious web site administered by an elder priest of both the Palo and Lukumi traditions, providing guidance and assistance to the followers of these religions. Many families practice two or more African, Christian, or Spiritist belief systems; such syncretism is found throughout Cuba, Haiti, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. This web site hosts an impressive and extensive archive of educational articles on all aspects of African Syncretism. |
| http://www.palo.org/ |
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| Ancestors as Elders in Africa by Igor Kopytoff |
| Ancestor cults loom large in the anthropological image of Africa, but only certain dead with particular structural positions are worshipped as ancestors; this paper presents a study of ancestor and elder veneration among the matrilineal Suku of south-western Congo (Kinshasa). |
| http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/Fdtl/Ancestors/kopytoff.html |
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