Christianity is linked to slavery and colonialism but it does not change the fact that traditional religions have some inhumane practices. In it, he explained that African-Americans are dumping ...

Introduction : African traditions in the study of religion in Africa / Ezra Chitando, Afe Adogame, Bolaji Bateye -- ch. 1. African religions in African scholarship : a critique / Umar Habila Dadem ...

HAVANA (AP) — From a two-room concrete home on the fringes of Cuba’s capital, the rumble of wooden drums spills out onto the streets. Neighbors gather at the door and kids climb a fence to peer inside ...

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – A Cameroonian priest and intellectual has published a ground-breaking book that could potentially change the way African Traditional Religion is perceived by the Catholic Church.

Bishop Matthew Kukah of Sokoto, Nigeria, with priests. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Nigerian Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto has issued a stark critique of Africa’s ...

The Catholic Church's conclave to select the next pope will begin May 7, with some wondering if the church will continue down the path of non-European pontiffs by electing an African pope. This ...

Pentecostal Christianity has emerged as one of the fastest-growing religious movements across sub-Saharan Africa, reshaping the continent’s spiritual landscape and its intersections with social, ...

Seven leaders weigh in on the late Ghanaian scholar’s provocative legacy 20 years after his best-known book. What Luther and Calvin are for evangelical Christians globally, Kwame Bediako is for many ...

A new map has revealed the most common religion in every African country, showing a clear divide between Christianity and Islam across the world's second largest continent. The map, shared on YouTube ...

Researchers say they’ve found the most religious place on Earth. It’s between the southern border of the Sahara Desert and the tip of South Africa. Religion is “very important” to more than ...

On a recent Sunday morning in Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest city, members of the faithful clutched their hymn books and chanted God’s praises as they danced to the beat of tambourines. A preacher led the ...

(RNS) — When it comes to defending Christianity and religious freedom and opposing abortion, Christian leaders like what they see in Trump. NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — President-elect Donald Trump has ...