Traditions
Browse all 21 traditions by region
West Africa
Central Africa
Kongo Religion
Kongo, BaKongo — Democratic Republic of Congo
Dikenga dia Kongo cosmogram — …Two interconnected worlds (Ku …
Luba Religion
Luba — Democratic Republic of Congo
Universal creator (Shakapanga)…Ancestral spirits (Bankambo) b…
Bwiti
Fang, Mitsogo, Punu — Gabon
Syncretism blending ancestral …Iboga sacrament — ritual use o…
Southern Africa
Caribbean Diaspora
Haitian Vodou
Haitian — Haiti
Supreme unknowable creator (Bo…Lwa spirits as intermediaries …
Santería / Lucumí
Cuban, Yoruba-descended — Cuba
Transcendent supreme being (Ol…Orishas as emanations represen…
Palo Mayombe
Cuban, Kongo-descended — Cuba
Kongo-derived spiritual practi…Nganga/Prenda — consecrated ca…
Trinidad Orisha
Trinidadian, Yoruba-descended — Trinidad and Tobago
Worship of Yoruba Orishas in C…Spirit possession during feast…
South American Diaspora
Candomblé
Brazilian, Yoruba-descended, Fon-descended, Bantu-descended — Brazil
Supreme creator (Olorum)Orixás as deities governing na…
Umbanda
Brazilian — Brazil
Syncretic blend of African, In…Charity and spiritual evolutio…
Quimbanda
Brazilian — Brazil
Kongo-derived tradition focuse…Working with spirits of the cr…
Winti
Surinamese, Afro-Surinamese — Suriname
Spirits (Winti) governing all …Four pantheons: Earth, Water, …
North American Diaspora
Hoodoo / Conjure
African American — United States
Folk magic tradition rather th…Rootwork — use of herbs, roots…
Louisiana Voodoo
Creole, African American — United States
Blend of West African Vodun, H…Lwa/Loa spirits as intermediar…
Gullah Geechee Spirituality
Gullah Geechee — United States
Preservation of West and Centr…Root medicine and herbalism