African diaspora religions
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African diaspora religions, also described as Afro-American religions, are a number of related beliefs that developed in the Americas in various nations of the Caribbean, Latin America and the Southern United States. They derive from traditional African religions with some influence from other religious traditions, notably Christianity and Islam.[1][2]
Characteristics
Afro-American religions involve ancestor veneration and include a
Various "doctoring" spiritual traditions also exist such as
African diaspora religions in the present
The nature and composition of the African diaspora have undergone significant changes over time: from the forced migration of African captives of the Old and New Worlds to the voluntary emigration of free, skilled Africans in search of political asylum or economic opportunities; from a diaspora with little contact with the point of origin (Africa) to one that maintains active contact with the mother continent; all culminating in the birth of a unique African who straddles continents, worlds and cultures.[citation needed]
Defining diasporas
There are several conceptual difficulties in defining the African diaspora—indeed, in defining the term diaspora. Contemporary theorizations of the term diaspora tend to be preoccupied with problematizing the relationship between diaspora and nation and the dualities or multiplicities of diasporic identity or subjectivity; they are inclined to be condemnatory or celebratory of transnational mobility and hybridity. In many cases, the term diaspora is used in a fuzzy, ahistorical and uncritical manner in which all manner of movements and migrations between countries and even within countries are included and no adequate attention is paid to the historical conditions and experiences that produce diasporic communities and consciousness—how dispersed populations become self-conscious diaspora communities.[6]
List of religions and spiritual traditions
The Bahamas
Belize
Brazil
Colombia
Cuba
Curaçao
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guatemala (Garifuna)
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Nicaragua
Puerto Rico
- Sansé Espiritismo
Saint Lucia
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Black/Afro Americans
- Hoodoo(a set of traditions)
- Kwanzaa
- Louisiana Voodoo[7]
Venezuela
See also
References
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