A U.S.-born African Vodou priest, Baba Oserjeman Adefunmi, established a traditional Yoruban village in Beaufort County, S.C., in the 1970s, creating the first significant beachhead for Ifa and ...

In the suburbs of Seattle, an ancient West-African religion is gaining followers. Yoruba, from the Yoruba people of Nigeria, has been spreading across the U.S. for the last 50 years.

Candomblé, an Afro-Brazilian religion, has been widely practiced by people of African descent in Brazil but mostly in secret — until now. After centuries of slavery and discrimination, Brazil's ...

(RNS) — African elements give life to many churches, but outside of a Christian context, they are described as pagan and harmful. (RNS) — There are two moments in recent history to which I’d ...

By recasting the European Renaissance style to depict the West African slave trade and tales of the Yorùbá spirits (known as orishas), Rosales contributes to a rewriting of art history’s ...

In 2009, there were 1.9 million African immigrants who self-identified as Black, up from roughly 10,000 in 1970. 50 Approximately a dozen Christian denominations that originated in Africa have ...

Members of the First African Baptist Church celebrated their new home during a dedication service at the church’s new location at 67th and Lansdowne Ave. on Saturday.

At a 2015 Faith Angle Forum discussion, he addressed reporters on the topic “Forgiveness and the African American Church Experience.”Raboteau said small, face-to-face cross-racial gatherings ...

Ancient African Religion Finds Roots In America. African-American followers of Yoruba say it offers a spiritual path as well as a sense of cultural belonging.