African Demonic Religions
List of traditions
| Afro-American
Religions |
| Religion |
Developed in* |
Ancestral roots |
Also practiced in |
Remarks |
| Candomblé |
Brazil |
Yoruba |
|
Some elements of Dahomey
Vodun
(deities) and Kongo
nkisi.
Also called Batuque. |
| Umbanda |
Brazil |
Yoruba
(mainly) |
Uruguay
|
Syncretism.
Mixed the Yoruba's
deities (Orishas)
with the Bantu's
veneration of ancestral spirits (Preto Velho), indigenous elements (Caboclos
and Caciques), Allan
Kardec's Spiritism
and Catholicism.
Founded in the early 20th century. |
| Quimbanda |
Brazil |
Kongo
Witchcraft
Brazilian Shamanism |
|
Veneration of ancestral spirits called Exu
and Pomba
Gira |
| Santería |
Cuba |
Yoruba |
Puerto
Rico, Panama,
Colombia,
Venezuela,
Dominican
Republic, USA |
Catholicism
Syncretism |
| Regla
de Arará |
Cuba |
Fon |
Puerto
Rico |
|
| Regla
de Palo |
Cuba[1] |
Kongo
nkisi |
Puerto
Rico, Dominican
Republic, USA,
Venezuela |
Also called Palo Mayombe,
Las Reglas del Congo, Palo Monte |
| Haitian
Vodou |
Haiti |
Fon |
Cuba, Dominican
Republic, USA,
Canada |
|
| Louisiana
Voodoo |
Southern
USA |
Fon |
USA |
|
| Obeah |
Jamaica |
Igbo |
Trinidad
and Tobago, Bahamas,
Virgin
Islands, Grenada,
Barbados,
Guyana,
Suriname,
Belize |
Similar to Hoodoo, derives from the Igbo 'obia' (or dibia, Igbo:
doctoring) traditions.[2] |
| Winti |
Suriname |
Akan, Yoruba, Kongo |
|
|
| Kumina |
Jamaica |
Kongo |
|
|
| Spiritual
Baptist |
Trinidad
and Tobago |
Yoruba |
Jamaica,
Bahamas,
USA |
Protestantism
Syncretism,
since the early 19th century |
| Hoodoo |
Southern
USA |
Dahomey
or Fon |
USA |
|
| Abakua |
Cuba |
Ekpe |
|
society of the Annang,
Efik,
Ibibio,
Ekoi
and Igbo |
| Orisha |
Trinidad |
Yoruba |
New
York City |
originally Yoruba, later syncretized with Catholicism.[3] |
Other closely related regional religions include:
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