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African Religions African Religions Beliefs and Practices through History DOUGLAS THOMAS AND TEMILOLA ALANAMU, EDITORS Copyright © 2019 by ABC-CLIO, LLC All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. 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. Classification: LCC BL2400 (ebook) | LCC BL2400 .A44 2018 (print) | DDC 200.96—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018026494 ISBN: 978-1-61069-751-4 (print) 978-1-61069-752-1 (ebook) 23 22 21 20 19 1 2 3 4 5 This book is also available as an eBook. ABC-CLIO An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC ABC-CLIO, LLC 130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911 Santa Barbara, California 93116-1911 www.abc-clio.com This book is printed on acid-free paper Manufactured in the United States of America 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
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