Kepercayaan dan praktik tradisional orang Afrika meliputi agama-agama tradisional.[1][2] Umumnya, tradisi tersebut lisan ketimbang tertulis,[3][4] yang meliputi kepercayaan dalam pencipta tertinggi, kepercayaan akan roh-roh, penyembahan leluhur, penggunaan sihir dan pengobatan tradisional.[5][6] Peran kemanusiaan umumnya dipandang sebagai salah satu alam yang terharmonisasikan dengan supranatural.[6][7]
Meskipun penganut agama tradisional di Afrika sulit diperkirakan, para praktisionernya diperkirakan berjumlah lebih dari 100.000.000 orang, atau sekitar 10% dari penduduk di benua tersebut.[8] Agama-agama diaspora Afrika juga dipraktikan dalam diaspora di benua Amerika, seperti Candomble, Santerรญa, dan Vodou.[3][9]
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Para praktisioner agama tradisional di Afrika Sub-Sahara tersebar pada 43 negara, dan diperkirakan berjumlah lebih dari 100 juta,[8] meskipun agama di Afrika terbesar adalah Kristen dan Islam.
Referensi
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Bacaan tambahan
sunting- Encyclopedia of African Religion, - Molefi Asante, Sage Publications, 1412936365
- Julian Baldick (1997). Black God: the Afroasiatic roots of the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions. Syracuse University Press:ISBN 0-8156-0522-6
- West African Traditional Religion Kofi Asare Opoku | Publisher: FEP International Private Limited (1978), ASIN: B0000EE0IT
- John Mbiti African Religions and Philosophy (1969) African Writers Series, Heinemann ISBN 0-435-89591-5
- Wade Abimbola, ed. and trans. Ifa Divination Poetry (New York: NOK, 1977).
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- Herbert Cole, Mbari: Art and Life among the Owerri Igbo (Bloomington: Indiana University press, 1982).
- J. B. Danquah, The Akan Doctrine of God: A Fragment of Gold Coast Ethics and Religion, second edition (London: Cass, 1968).
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- Rems Nna Umeasigbu, The Way We Lived: Ibo Customs and Stories (London: Heinemann, 1969).
- Sandra Barnes, Africa's Ogun: Old World and New (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989).
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- Judith Gleason, Oya, in Praise of an African Goddess (Harper Collins, 1992).
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- S. Solagbade Popoola, Ikunle Abiyamo: It is on Bent Knees that I gave Birth (2007 Asefin Media Publication)
- David Chidester, "Religions of South Africa" pp.ย 17โ19
- Alisa LaGamma (2000). Art and oracle: African art and rituals of divination. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBNย 978-0-87099-933-8.
Catatan
sunting- ^ Dr J.O. Awolalu, Studies in Comparative Religion Vol. 10, No. 2. (Spring, 1976).
- ^ "African religions".
- ^ a b Juergensmeyer, Mark (2006). The Oxford Handbook Of Global Religions. ISBNย 0-19-513798-1.
- ^ S. Mbiti, John (1991). Introduction to African religion. ISBNย 0-435-94002-3.
- ^ An African Story BBC
- ^ a b Encyclopedia of African Religion (Sage, 2009) Molefi Asante
- ^ What is religion? An African understanding
- ^ a b Britannica Book of the Year (2003), Encyclopรฆdia Britannica (2003) ISBN 978-0-85229-956-2 p.306
Menurut Encyclopรฆdia Britannica, pada pertengahan 2002, terdapat 480.453.000 Kristen, 329.869.000 Muslim dan 98.734.000 orang yang mempraktikan agama-agama tradisional di Afrika Ian S. Markham, A World Religions Reader (1996) Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers is cited by Morehouse University as giving the mid-1990s figure of 278,250,800 Muslims in Africa, but still as 40.8% of the total. These numbers are estimates, and remain a matter of conjecture (see Amadu Jacky Kaba). The spread of Christianity and Islam in Africa: a survey and analysis of the numbers and percentages of Christians, Muslims and those who practice indigenous religions. The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol 29, Number 2, (June 2005), discusses the estimations of various almanacs and encyclopediae, placing Britannica's estimate as the most agreed on figure. Notes the figure presented at the World Christian Encyclopedia, summarized here Diarsipkan 2016-03-05 di Wayback Machine., as being an outlier. On rates of growth, Islam and Pentecostal Christianity are highest, see: The List: The World's Fastest-Growing Religions Diarsipkan 2007-05-21 di Wayback Machine., Foreign Policy, May 2007. - ^ Anthony Appiah, Kwame; Louis Gates, Henry (2010). Encyclopedia of Africa. ISBNย 0-19-533770-0.
Pranala luar
sunting- African Comparative Belief Diarsipkan 2019-06-01 di Wayback Machine.
- Afrika world.net Diarsipkan 2019-06-01 di Wayback Machine. A website with extensive links and information about traditional African religions
- Baba Alawoye.com Baba'Awo Awoyinfa Ifaloju, showcasing Ifa using web media 2.0 (blogs, podcasting, video & photocasting)
