african indigenous religion
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ODINANI
• traditional religious practices and cultural beliefs of the Igbo people of southern Nigeria.
• “gboo”, Sudan• “onigbo“,Igala
“oni”,
TRADITIONAL FAMILY CEREMONIES
• Birth, marriage and burial are considered the three most important family events
• traditional marriage (Igbankwu)• bride’s price settlement (Ika-
Akalika)
REINCARNATION
• ilo-uwa• People are believed to
reincarnate into families that they were part of while alive.
OGBANJE
• An ogbanje is a reincarnating evil spirit that would deliberately plague a family with misfortune.
• Iyi-uwa, which they have dug somewhere secret, would ensure the ogbanje would never plague the family with misfortune again
DIBIA
Dibia are mediatorsbetween the humanworld and the spiritworld and act ashealers, scribes,teachers, diviners andadvisors of people inthe community.
Masquerades and Festivals
• Masquerades (Mmanwu)• colourful robes and masks made of wood
or fabric.• The identity of the masquerade is a well-
kept secret.
CREATION MYTH
For a long time things workedvery well in heaven, all of theGods and Goddesses lived inone place.
individualistic, and therefore very independent
Jealousy and greedy
WHO HAD MORE
AUTHORITY?
Chineke came up with a master
plan
Heaven was divided into equal parts.
HOLY HOMESTEAD
God IGWE and the Goddess ALA, whose domain consisted of
the earth and sky
ALA and IGWE created 8 peopleSticks from OfoTree, Chalk, Clay
• Sex-act and birth: (nine months)• Babyhood: (Birth to about three years of age)• Childhood: (Three years to twelve)• Adulthood: (developed between the ages of
thirteen and twenty)• Parenthood: (twenty to forty year age group)• Grandparenthood: (Forty to sixty years)• Great grandparenthood and Ancestor- hood:
(Sixty years to forever after death).
SOURCES:
• http://www.africanbelief.com/• https://www.britannica.com/topic/African-
religions• http://www.nairaland.com/499496/origin-
igbo• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Igbo• http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Igbo.as
px• http://www.igboguide.org/HT-chapter11.htm• http://www.sankofavibeleague.com/2014/07
/brief-introduction-to-omenala-odinani.htm
• spiritual elders and custodians ofindigenous knowledge who have thepower and knowledge to organizetheir thoughts into one cohesive unit.
• Rog is inaccessible except by Saltigue.
SALTIGUE
• Traditional followers of Serer faith aregoverned by a code of honor called Gorie.
• Serer people hold each other accountablefor immoral actions and justice forbreaking societal rules is adverse.
•Adultery•murder
SOURCES:
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Serer
• http://www.seereer.org/seereer-religion
• http://www.africanbelief.com/• http://www.liquisearch.com/what_i
s_serer_religion• http://www.revolvy.com/main/ind
ex.php?s=Serer%20religion
DOGON
• The Dogons are an ethnic group living in the central plateau region of the country of Mali.
• best known for their religious traditions, their mask dances, wooden sculpture and their architecture.
• Highest in the order of supernatural being is Amma
• The Dogon also believe in various malevolent and benevolent spirits who populate the trees, and uninhabited places.
• Nommo• Lebe• Yurugu
• A major part of Dogon religious worship is the cult of the masks, called Awa
• The olubaru are initiated in a Sigi ceremony, which is celebrated only once every sixty years
• during the preparation for a damafestival,
SIGUI AND DAMAS FESTIVAL
• The Hogon is the spiritual leader of the village.
• A virgin who has not yet had her period takes care of him, cleans the house and prepares his meals.
HOGON
• primarily sculpture.• around religious values, ideals, and
freedoms• not made to be seen publicly, and are
commonly hidden from the public eyewithin the houses offamilies, sanctuaries, or kept with theHogon
DOGON ART
• http://www.everyculture.com/Africa-Middle-East/Dogon-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html
• http://www.africanbelief.com/• https://www.britannica.com/topic/
African-religions• www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp_dog
on03.htm
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