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African Religion
[29 TEXTS]
Drums and Shadows
by Henry Callaway · 1870
by W.H.I. Bleek & L.C. Lloyd · 1911
by James A. Honey · 1910
by George McCall Theal · 1886
The West African area is important because this is where the majority of slaves departed for the New World. Hence large elements of West African, particularly Yoruba, religion (blended with Catholicism) can be found in religions such as Vodun (also known as Voodoo) (Haiti), Candomblè (Brazil) and Santeria (Carribean). For more information on New World African-derived religions, refer to the The Santeria page at Ontario Consultants for Religious Tolerance.
by John Wyndham · 1921
by R. E. Dennett · 1898
Storytelling from the Congo, a key source for West African folklore.
by R. E. Dennett · 1906
Reveals a complex system of sacred lands, rivers, trees, and omens among the West Africans.
by James Macdonald · 1883
One of the first comparative studies of African spirituality.
by Mary Granger · 1940
Coastal Georgia folklore from the 1930s and connections to African spiritual practices.
Here are two books relating to Haitian Voodoo (Vodun). They were written by an outsider to the religion who was ultimately unable to penetrate its inner mysteries; however both of these books has strengths as historical and ethnographic background on the topic:
by Martha Warren Beckwith · 1924
Jamaican folklore, music and riddles, featuring an indominable trickster hero.
by Robert Athlyi Rogers · 1924-8
A classic--and very rare--Afrocentric religious text from the early 20th century, acclaimed by many Rastafarians as a forerunner of their beliefs.
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by W.E.B. Du Bois · 1915
A great introduction to Black history by a noted African-American activist and scholar.
by Drusilla Dunjee Houston · 1927
A pioneering work of Afrocentric history.
by George G.M. James · 1954
Did the Greeks steal classical philosophy from an Ancient Egyptian mystery tradition?
by Elphinstone Dayrell & Andrew Lang · 1910
by Robert Hamill Nassau · 1904
by Maalam Shaihu & R. Sutherland Rattray · 1913
Nigerian folklore from an indigenous storyteller, with a rich Islamic background.
by D. Amaury Talbot · 1915
A woman ethnographer's unique perspective on a West African tribe.
by A.B. Ellis · 1894
by M. I. Ogumefu · 1929
by Fitz Balintine Pettersburg · 1926
A rare proto-Rastafarian text from Jamaica.
by G.G. Maragh & Leonard Percival Howell · 1935
Howell advanced ideas similar to later Rastafarian beliefs, particularly casting Haile Selassie as the Black Messiah.
by by Haile Selassie
A short anthology of quotes from Haile Selassie compiled by a Rastafarian group.
by Joseph J. Williams · 1932
Important historical context for Vodun, with extensive quotes from contemporary accounts.
by Joseph J. Williams · 1934
A study of supernatural activity in Jamaica, including the abusive duppy...
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