African traditional religions

Noun

African traditional religion (countable and uncountable, plural African traditional religions)

1. (countable) A religious belief system native to Africa.
   • Similarly, the so-called African traditional religions were created, with the collaboration of Christian-trained African theologians, through the authorized translation of Christian concepts and doctrines into indigenous African languages.2003, Lee M. Brown, African Philosophy: New and Traditional Perspectives: New and Traditional Perspectives, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 86
2. (uncountable) A syncretic belief system, combining the common aspects of many African mythologies.
   • (3) African traditional religion', eroded though it is by the spread of Islam and of Christianity, is still alive and still has its own humanistic and spiritual principles, which have supported successive African generations for thousands of years.1993, Wondji, Christophe, Ali A. Mazrui, Generale History of Africa: Africa since 1935, UNESCO →ISBN, page 520