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Bantu mythology

Index Bantu mythology

The Bantu mythology is the system of myths and legends of the Bantu peoples of Africa. [1]

16 relations: Abakuá, Afro-American religion, Bantu peoples, Belgian Congo, Dominican Vudú, Kongo religion, List of ethnic religions, List of mythologies, Mulungu, Nkisi, Religion, Ruhanga, State of Katanga, Traditional African religions, Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa, Zaire.

Abakuá

Abakuá is an Afro-Cuban men's initiatory fraternity, or secret society, which originated from fraternal associations in the Cross River region of southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon.

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Afro-American religion

Afro-diasporic religion (also known as African diasporic religions) are a number of related religions that developed in the Americas in various nations of Latin America, the Caribbean, and the southern United States.

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Bantu peoples

The Bantu peoples are the speakers of Bantu languages, comprising several hundred ethnic groups in sub-Saharan Africa, spread over a vast area from Central Africa across the African Great Lakes to Southern Africa.

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Belgian Congo

The Belgian Congo (Congo Belge,; Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa between 1908 and 1960 in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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Dominican Vudú

Dominican Vudú, also known as Las 21 Divisiones (21 Divisions), is a syncretic religion of Caribbean origin which developed in the Spanish Empire.

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Kongo religion

Kongo religion is a broad set of traditional beliefs from the KiKongo speaking peoples.

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List of ethnic religions

Ethnic religions (also "indigenous religions") are generally defined as religions which are related to a particular ethnic group, and often seen as a defining part of that ethnicity's culture, language, and customs.

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List of mythologies

No description.

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Mulungu

Mulungu (also spelled Murungu, Mlungu, and in other variantsFrankl (1990)) is a common name of the creator deity in a number of Bantu languages and cultures over East and Central Africa.

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Nkisi

Nkisi or Nkishi (plural varies: minkisi, zinkisi, or nkisi) are spirits, or an object that a spirit inhabits.

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Religion

Religion may be defined as a cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, world views, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual elements.

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Ruhanga

Ruhanga features in Bantu mythology as the remote creator and sky-God, recognized among the Bahima, the Banyoro, the Batooro, the Bahororo, the Bakiga, the Bamba and all other groups referred to in general as Banyakitara.

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State of Katanga

The State of Katanga, also sometimes denoted as the Republic of Katanga, was a breakaway state that proclaimed its independence from the Republic of Congo-Léopoldville on 11 July 1960 under Moise Tshombe, leader of the local ''Confédération des associations tribales du Katanga'' (CONAKAT) political party (Federation of Kata).

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Traditional African religions

The traditional African religions (or traditional beliefs and practices of African people) are a set of highly diverse beliefs that include various ethnic religions.

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Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa

Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa (born 21 July 1921) is a Zulu sangoma (traditional healer) from South Africa.

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Zaire

Zaire, officially the Republic of Zaire (République du Zaïre), was the name for the Democratic Republic of the Congo that existed between 1971 and 1997 in Central Africa.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantu_mythology

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