What have the "African religions" become?
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3-headed voodoo deity statue in the sacred forest of Kapasse, Ouidah.
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By: Alain Foka Follow
Can we really speak of “African religions”?
Why adopt Christianity or Islam when Africa has its own traditions?
And besides, what are they and what importance do they still have today on the continent?
What place for the divine?
Can we really speak of “African religions”?
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With our guests:
- Dumbi Fakoly
, researcher in history and Malian writer, president of the rally for the rehabilitation of black African religion (3 RNA-Maaya)
- Mbog Bassong
, Egyptologist and planetologist initiated in the Mbog des Bassa brotherhood of Cameroon
- Jean-Philippe Omotunde
, researcher in History, specialist in African Sciences and Mathematics and African Classical Humanities, Founder of the Anyjart Institute of History.
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