African religion

"African religion" redirects here. For an overview of other religious traditions in Africa, see Religion in Africa.

The traditional beliefs and practices of African people are highly diverse and include various ethnic religions. Generally, these traditions are oral rather than scriptural,include belief in a supreme creator, belief in spirits, veneration of the dead, use of magic and traditional medicine.The role of humanity is generally seen as one of harmonising nature with the supernatural.

While adherence to traditional religion in Africa is hard to estimate, due to syncretismwith Christianity, Islam and Judaism, practitioners are estimated to number over 100 million, or at least 10 percent of the population of the continent. Afro-American religions are practiced in the Americas and include Candomblé, Santería and Haitian Vodou.