Religions among persons of African ancestry in the Caribbean, Brazil, and U.S. These include Haitian
vodun, the Jamaican
Rastafarian movement,
Santería, and
Candomblé and other
Macumba sects in Brazil. Similarly syncretistic religions appeared in the U.S. during the era of slavery. The Nation of
Islam combines black nationalism with an unorthodox version of
Islam. Black Protestant churches (especially Baptist and Pentecostal) have imported some forms of lively worship from Africa.
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