Bantu religion

A Shona n'anga - a shaman and medicine man.

Bantu religion is the system of beliefs and legends of the Bantu people of Africa. Although Bantu peoples account for several hundred different ethnic groups, there is a high degree of homogeneity in Bantu cultures and customs, just as in Bantu languages.[1] Many Bantu cultures traditionally believed in a supreme god whose name is a variation of Nyambe/Nzambe.[2]

The phrase "Bantu tradition" usually refers to the common, recurring themes that are found in all, or most, Bantu cultures across Africa.[3]

  1. ^ See Werner, chapter 1.
  2. ^ Scheub, Harold (2000). A Dictionary of African Mythology: The Mythmaker as Storyteller. Oxford University Press. pp. 108–110, 165–166, 185, 260–261, 288, 379, 430, 464–467, 747–748. ISBN 978-0-19-512456-9.
  3. ^ See Lynch, p. xi.

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