There are no rights of passage in America except for getting a drivers license and drinking alcohol, and not everyone does either one. Some individual social or religious groups have rights of passage but they are generally not important to anyone outside that group.
African rights of passage mark a clear distinction of social status: before you were a child, now you are an adult.
Christian Missionaries had little success with converting Africa to Christianity, but the African people often mixed Christianity with their native religions, forming syncretic brands of both religions.
Around 97%.
There are many hundereds of varietys of religions in Africa. Amongst the may different tribes are many different religions.
Hiding in a secret passage is what saved many Jewish people from the Nazis and many African American people from the slave traders. Many of the older homes in the U.S. had secret passages.
Islam (Majority), Christianity, Judaism(good people), Zionism(bad people in Israel)
Mostly Christianity, but they also still believe in traditional African religions and ancestors.
People comverted to the new religions and developed rich traditions and communities
Edward Geoffrey Parrinder has written: 'African mythology' -- subject(s): African Mythology 'The Bhagavad Gita' 'Witchcraft : European and African' 'West African psychology' -- subject(s): Religion, Ethnopsychology 'A Concise Encyclopedia of Christianity (Concise Encyclopedia of World Faiths)' 'African traditional religion' -- subject(s): Religion 'The handbook of living religions' -- subject(s): Religions 'Wisdom of the Forest' 'Sexual morality in the world's religions' -- subject(s): Mythology, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Sex, Sex, Sex customs, Sexual ethics 'The world's living religions' -- subject(s): Religions 'What world religions teach' -- subject(s): Religions 'The story of Ketu, an ancient Yoruba Kingdom' -- subject(s): Yoruba (African people) 'African mythology' 'Worship in the world's religions' 'Comparative religion' -- subject(s): Religions 'West African religion' -- subject(s): Religion 'The Bhagavad-gita and world scriptures today' 'Sayings of the Buddha' 'The story of Ketu' 'The world's living religions' -- subject(s): Religions 'Witchcraft' 'Introduction to Asian Religions' 'Dictionary of non-Christian religions' -- subject(s): Religions, Dictionaries 'African traditional religion' 'Witchcraft' 'In the Belly of the Snake' 'The faiths of mankind' -- subject(s): Religions 'Dictionary of non-Christian religions' -- subject(s): Religions, Dictionaries 'The Bhagavad Gita' 'Religions of the world, from primitive beliefs to modern faiths' -- subject(s): Religions 'Collins dictionary of religious & spiritual quotations' 'Upanishads' -- subject(s): Hinduism, Sacred books, Comparative studies, Christianity and other religions 'Sex in the world's religions' -- subject(s): Folklore, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Sex, Sex
Africa is a continent. So when you say African people you automatically include ALL the countries in Africa. Africa has countries which contain people who worship all types of religions. So you'll need to broaden your question.
The Lulua mask is a traditional African mask founded by the Lulua people.
there are 7 religions in Africa (Muslim,christian,animist,catholic,protestant,coptic and Hindu)
they make their own homes, they get water from the ground, they speak a vast number of diffrent languages,and they practice hundreds of distinct religions