Agama tradisional Afrika

Kepercayaan dan praktik tradisional orang Afrika meliputi agama-agama tradisional.^[1][2] Umumnya, tradisi tersebut lisan ketimbang tertulis,^[3][4] yang meliputi kepercayaan dalam pencipta tertinggi, kepercayaan akan roh-roh, penyembahan leluhur, penggunaan sihir dan pengobatan tradisional.^[5][6] Peran kemanusiaan umumnya dipandang sebagai salah satu alam yang terharmonisasikan dengan supranatural.^[6][7]

Meskipun penganut agama tradisional di Afrika sulit diperkirakan, para praktisionernya diperkirakan berjumlah lebih dari 100.000.000 orang, atau sekitar 10% dari penduduk di benua tersebut.^[8] Agama-agama diaspora Afrika juga dipraktikan dalam diaspora di benua Amerika, seperti Candomble, Santería, dan Vodou.^[3][9]

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2. ^ "African religions". 
3. ^ ^{a b} Juergensmeyer, Mark (2006). The Oxford Handbook Of Global Religions. ISBN 0-19-513798-1. 
4. ^ S. Mbiti, John (1991). Introduction to African religion. ISBN 0-435-94002-3. 
5. ^ An African Story BBC
6. ^ ^{a b} Encyclopedia of African Religion (Sage, 2009) Molefi Asante
7. ^ What is religion? An African understanding
8. ^ Britannica Book of the Year (2003), Encyclopædia Britannica (2003) ISBN 978-0-85229-956-2 p.306
   Menurut Encyclopædia Britannica, pada pertengahan 2002, terdapat 480.453.000 Kristen, 329.869.000 Muslim dan 98.734.000 orang yang mempraktikan agama-agama tradisional di Afrika Ian S. Markham, A World Religions Reader (1996) Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers is cited by Morehouse University as giving the mid-1990s figure of 278,250,800 Muslims in Africa, but still as 40.8% of the total. These numbers are estimates, and remain a matter of conjecture (see Amadu Jacky Kaba). The spread of Christianity and Islam in Africa: a survey and analysis of the numbers and percentages of Christians, Muslims and those who practice indigenous religions. The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol 29, Number 2, (June 2005), discusses the estimations of various almanacs and encyclopediae, placing Britannica's estimate as the most agreed on figure. Notes the figure presented at the World Christian Encyclopedia, summarized here Diarsipkan 2016-03-05 di Wayback Machine., as being an outlier. On rates of growth, Islam and Pentecostal Christianity are highest, see: The List: The World's Fastest-Growing Religions Diarsipkan 2007-05-21 di Wayback Machine., Foreign Policy, May 2007.
9. ^ Anthony Appiah, Kwame; Louis Gates, Henry (2010). Encyclopedia of Africa. ISBN 0-19-533770-0.