African Religions: Beliefs and Practices through History

442 Pages·11.346 MB·English

by  Douglas Thomas

African Religions
African Religions
Beliefs and Practices through
History
DOUGLAS THOMAS AND TEMILOLA ALANAMU,
EDITORS
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Thomas, Douglas (Douglas H.), 1975- editor. | Alanamu, Temilola, editor.
Title: African religions : beliefs and practices through history / Douglas Thomas and Temilola
Alanamu, editors.
Other titles: African religions (ABC-CLIO)
Description: Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018026494 (print) | LCCN 2018028437 (ebook) | ISBN 9781610697521
(eBook) | ISBN 9781610697514 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Africa—Religion—History. | Africa—Religious life and customs—History.
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LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018026494
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Contents
Alphabetical List of Entries
Topical List of Entries
Preface
Introduction
A–Z Entries
General Bibliography
About the Editors and Contributors
Index
Alphabetical List of Entries
Abasi
Abayudaya
Abdulahi ibn Muhammad, Khalifa
Abiku
Abuk or Buk or Abek
Achimi
Adinkra
Adroa, Adro, and the Adroanzi
African American Baptist Traditions
African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem
African Methodist Episcopal Church
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
African-Initiated Churches
Afrocentricity and Religion
Afro-Pentecostalism
Ahmadou Cheikhou Ba
Aigamuxa
Aje
Ajok
Akamba Beliefs
Akan
Akhenaten
Akongo
Aladura
Allah
Allen, Richard
Almohad Caliphate
Almoravides Caliphate
Alouroua
Amhara
Amma
Amun-Ra/Baal-Hammon
Anansi
Ani or Ala
Anotchi
Arebati
Asaase-Ya
Ba’al (Baal)
Baba, Ahmed
Ba-dimo
Bamalaki (Malaki Christianity)
Bamba Mbacké, Cheikh Ahmadou
Banyakole or Nkole
Banyarwandan Beliefs
Baron Samedi (Voodoo/Voudou)
Basuto Beliefs
Baule
Bayanni/Babayanmi
Beatriz Kimpa Vita, Dona
Bello, Muhammad
Beta Israel
Bokar, Cerno Saalif Taal
Book of the Dead
Braide, Garrick Sokari Idikatima
Bushongo/Bakuba Beliefs
Bwiti
Cagn
Candit
Candomblé
Chi
Chiuta
Chiwara
Church of Christ (Holiness)
Church of God in Christ
Coker, Daniel
(Colored) Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Coptic Orthodox Church
Council of African Apostles
Crowther, Samuel Ajayi
Da or Dan
Dada or Ida or Eda
Damballah
dan Fodio, Uthman
Dinka Beliefs
Dogon
Dubiaku
Efik Religion (Abasi, Atai, Ndem, and Ekpe)
Egungun
Eluku
Fall, Cheikh Ibra
Faro
Ganda or Ba-Ganda
Gbekré
Gelede
Harris, William Wade
Holy Aruosa Church
Hyel
Ibeji
Islam
Islam in East Africa
Islam in Southern Africa
Islam in the African Diaspora
Islam in West Africa
Johnson, James
Jones, Charles Price
Judaism
Kabundungulu and Sudaki-Mbambi
Kaka-Guie
Kalumba (Luba)
Katonda
Kebra Negast
Khodumodumo
Khoi-San Beliefs
Khonvoum
Khuzwane
Kikuyu
Kimbangu, Simon
Kwoth/Nhialic
Lang’o Cult
Laye, Limamou
Layennes
Lucumi
Lugbara
Luo Beliefs
Maba Jaakhu Ba
Maghili, ‘Abd Al-Karim b. Muhammad al-
Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad ibn abd Allah al-
Malik Sy, El Hajj
Mamadu Lamine Dramé, El Hajj
Mame Coumba Bang
Mango, Alafayo Odongo
Mason, Charles Harrison
Mbaba Mwana Waresa
Mbiti, John
Mbundu Beliefs
Mende Beliefs
Mourides/Murides
Musso-Koroni
Naiteru-Kop
Nana Asma’u
Nana Bulukulu
Nasilele
Nasr Al-Din
National Baptist Convention
Ndriananhary
Neith
Ngai (Engai)/Mulungu
Ngbandi Beliefs
Ngewo-Wa
Ngombe Beliefs
Ngula
Niassan Tijaniyya
Nimba
Nkulunkulu
Nomiya Luo Church
Nongqawuse
Ntisikana
Nyabingi Cult
Nyankopɔn
Nyingone-Mebeghe
Obatala
Ogun
Olodumare
Opong, Kwame Sampson
Ori
Orisa
Orisa Oko
Orunmila
Osun
Oya
Pemba
Poro Society