Browse Creeds
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Akan Religion
- Present
A lived West African cosmology centered on Nyame, Asase Yaa and a network of local spirits and ancestors, Akan religion shapes personal identity, political symbols and communal rites across southern Ghana and eastern CĂ´te d'Ivoire.
Coptic Orthodoxy
- Present
Egypt’s ancient church: a living Christian communion rooted in the city of Alexandria and the desert monasteries that gave monasticism to the Christian world.
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo
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A Christianity shaped by an ancient African imperial milieu, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo blends distinctive liturgy, an expanded biblical canon, and a living claim to the Ark of the Covenant within a continuously practiced communal world.
Serer Religion
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An enduring West African faith centered on the Supreme Being Roog, the Serer religion is a living system of cosmology, ancestor veneration, and ritual practice concentrated in Senegal and the Gambia.
Vodun (Benin/Togo)
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Vodun is a living West African religious tradition centered in the coastal regions of present-day Benin and Togo, a plural, embodied system of spirit veneration, healings, rites, and communal obligations whose forms have shaped — and been reshaped by — kingdoms, colonialism, and global diasporas.
Yoruba Religion / Ifá
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A living West African religion centered on orisha and the Ifá divination corpus, Yoruba religion is both a locally rooted system of worship in southwestern Nigeria and Benin and the wellspring of numerous Atlantic‑world creoles in the Americas.