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African Traditional Religions

Reference study guide to African Traditional Religions (ATRs) covering four traditions in depth — Yoruba, Akan, Bantu, and Dogon — plus their diaspora descendants (Candomblé, Santería, Haitian Vodou). Centers on shared structural features: a distant supreme being, intermediary divine powers, active ancestor veneration, vital force (ashe/nyama/ntú), and community as the primary spiritual unit.

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