Traditional African religions
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The traditional African religions or traditional beliefs and practices of African people are a set of highly diverse beliefs that includes various ethnic religions.
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Religious persecution
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Traditions by region
This list is limited to a few well-known traditions.
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Central Africa
- Bantu mythology (Central, Southeast, Southern Africa)
- Bushongo mythology (Congo)
- Kongo religion (Congo)
- Lugbara mythology (Congo)
- Baluba mythology (Congo)
- Mbuti mythology (Congo)
- Dinka religion (South Sudan)
- Hausa animism (Chad, Gabon)
- Lotuko mythology (South Sudan)
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East Africa
- Bantu mythology (Central, Southeast, Southern Africa)
- Gikuyu people#Culture and beliefs (Kenya)
- Akamba mythology (Kenya)
- Maasai mythology (Kenya, Tanzania, Ouebian)
- Kalenjin mythology (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania)
- Dini Ya Msambwa (Bungoma, Trans Nzoia, Kenya)
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Horn of Africa
- Waaqeffanna (Oromia)
- Waaqism (Ethiopian-Somali Region)
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Southern Africa
- Bantu mythology (Central, Southeast, Southern Africa)
- Lozi mythology (Zambia)
- Tumbuka mythology (Malawi)
- Xhosa mythology (Southern Africa)
- Zulu mythology (South Africa)
- San religion (South Africa)
- Traditional healers of South Africa
- Manjonjo Healers of Chitungwiza of Zimbabwe
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West Africa
- Abwoi religion (Nigeria)
- Akan religion (Ghana, Ivory Coast)
- Dahomean religion (Benin, Togo)
- Efik mythology (Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Edo religion (Benin kingdom, Nigeria)
- Hausa animism (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Togo)
- Ijo traditional religion (Ijo people, Nigeria)
- Odinani (Igbo people, Nigeria)
- Asaase Yaa (Bono people, Ghana and Ivory Coast)
- Serer religion (A ƭat Roog) (Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania)
- Yoruba religion (Nigeria, Benin, Togo)
- West African Vodun (Ghana, Benin, Togo, Nigeria)
- Dogon religion (Mali)
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North Africa
- Ancient Egyptian religion (Egypt, Sudan)
- Punic Religion (Tunisia, Algeria, Libya)
- Traditional Berber religion (Morocco (including Western Sahara), Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso)
- Hausa animism (Sudan)
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African diaspora
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