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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Benin recently inaugurated President Romuald Wadagni as its new leader in the latest transition in the West African nation.

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.

Researchers say they’ve found the most religious place on Earth. It’s between the southern border of the Sahara Desert and the tip of South Africa. Religion is “very important” to more than ...

RELIGIOUS leaders, women of faith and interfaith youth representatives from across Africa have strongly condemned xenophobia, ...

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 ...