(RNS) — Ancestral veneration, Haitian Vodou, Brazilian Candomblé, Cuban Santería and Ifá have gained attention among Black adults, who see it as an occasion to reconnect with their heritage and ...

The offering was for Ochún: the Lucumí orisha, or deity of fresh water, luxury, love, beauty and sweet things. Álvarez León, ...

Before I made the decision to follow an indigenous African Spiritual system, I’d read plenty blogs and articles written by other black women compelled to ditch Christianity once and for all. Rarely ...

Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States, but its diverse student body represents all faiths - prominently displayed through the various sculptures dotting the campus. “We ...

Traditional African spirituality is practiced by over 50 million people who follow one of many tribal and regional religions. While each maintains their own unique identity, African religions ...

Anike Quinones, 9, balances an empty basket atop her head where offerings to Osun, the Yoruba goddess of the river, were once kept during Philadelphia's Odunde Festival on Sunday, June 10, 2018.

Let me start with a declaration from start: I am a Pentecostal Christian who has often been curious about the trajectory of both mainstream Christianity (be it evangelical or Pentecostal) and African ...

Atlanta-based artist Fahamu Pecou's "On Blood" is part of his “Trapademia III: 7 African Powers” exhibition at Conduit Gallery. Melissa Alexander Atlanta-based artist, performer and scholar Fahamu ...

(RNS) — Black millennials on average are more religious than other millennials and less religious than other blacks, Pew researchers have found. (RNS) — Devi Brown, a Los Angeles-based radio ...

West African mythology is an integral facet of Nikyatu Jusu’s filmmaking. Whether in her directorial stint on an episode of The CW’s Two Sentence Horror Stories or the melanated day-walking vampires ...