African
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- Lydia Cabrera Bibliography
- A lengthy ist of books on all aspects of African Diasporic religions in Cuba written by the renowned ethnographer Lydia Cabrera.
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- Organization of African Traditional Healers (OATH)
- A nonprofit, religious, educational, and certification organization committed to the positive promotion of African Traditional Religions, and the legitimatization of ATR practitioners in the United States and its territories.
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- The African Experience of God through the Eyes of an Akan Woman
- By Mercy Amba, an article in Cross Currents, the journal of the Association for Religion and Intellectual Life.
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- Voodoo in Benin, 1996
- In 1996 the government of Benin declared that Voodoo and other ATRs (practiced by about half of the population) are officially recognized religions on a par with Islam and Christianity, and gave ATR its own national holiday, January 10.
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- West African Dahomean Vodoun
- Large site created by an African-American Priestess, to initiate others across the diaspora. Site features both Dahomean Vodoun and Mami Wata traditions of West Africa, with articles on these and other ATRs in Benin, Togo, and Ghana; bibliography; links to related pages.
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- Drums and Shadows by Mary Granger and the Georgia Writer's Project
- Oral folklore from coastal Georgia, collected from African Americans during the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration; much of the material concerns hoodoo practices.
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- Hoodoo in Theory and Practice
- An online book by Catherine Yronwode. Included are descriptions of how to burn candles and incense, sprinkle powders, make mojo bags, prepare spiritual baths and floor washes, perform spells and take off jinxes.
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- Obeah: Afro-Shamanistik Witchcraft
- An occultist's compilation of views on Jamaican Obeah, stressing magical aspects and minimizing religious ones, with extracts from W. Somerset Maugham and Azoth Kalafou.
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- Psychic Phenomena of Jamaica by Joseph J. Williams (1934)
- An account of spiritual practices and Obeah from the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest who first visited Jamaica in 1906.
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- Rethinking the Nature and Tasks of African-American Theology
- Anthony B. Pinn of Macalester College provides scholarly examples of how hoodoo and other African-based religious practices form a "second stream" within African-American Christianity, forcing a recognition of theological complexity beyond the merely folkloric or religio-magical orientation of conjure.
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- Southern Spirits Archive of African American Spirituality
- Annotated collection of 19th and 20th century primary documents describing hoodoo, conjure, and spirituality in African American society.
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- African New World Soap Making Recipes for the Spiritual Bath
- Recipes for home-crafting herbal soaps for use in rituals dedicated to the Orishas.
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- Iyawo Experience
- Journal of an initiated priest undergoing his ritual year as a "Iyawo" (Bride) of the Orisha Ochun.
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- Olodumare, "Owner of the Sky"
- Yoruba creation story, and other related pages on Lucumi Yoruba orishas.
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- Orisha
- Descriptions of the Orishas in the Lucumi pantheon, with pages devoted to the Warriors, Obatala, Yemaya, Ochun, Shango and Babaluaye.
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- Santisimo
- Website of a New York based Lucumi music and dance troupe, headed by Emilio Barretto, dedicated to the preservation of the Afro-Cuban Santeria religion, includes photo galleries, sound clips, and cd sales.
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- InquiceWeb
- Major introductory site to various Kongo derived faiths as practiced in the Americas, such as Umbanda, Kimbanda, CondomblŽ de Congo, and CondomblŽ de Angola in Brazil; Kumina and Obeah in Jamaica and other Caribbean countries; and Rootwork or Hoodoo in the USA. Includes in-depth articles on the worship of the Nkisi (Enkises), bibliography, guestbook, and useful link-list to other Palo, Kongo, and Bantu sites.
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- Earth Culture Roots
- Rasta faith, ital recipes, Haile Selassie, Marcus Garvey, art gallery, and online shop.
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