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Each of the hundreds of ethnic groups in Nigeria have traditional belief systems, which still have millions of follows throughout the country. Among the Yoruba, the traditional Yoruba belief system, known as Ìṣẹ̀ṣe , revolves around the belief in a Supreme being known as Olodumare , a complex system of divination known as Ifa , as well ...
A Yemoja priestess in Ọ̀yọ́, Nigeria Yoruba divination board Opon Ifá. According to Kola Abimbola, the Yorubas have evolved a robust cosmology. [1] Nigerian Professor for Traditional African religions, Jacob K. Olupona, summarizes that central for the Yoruba religion, and which all beings possess, is known as "Ase", which is "the empowered word that must come to pass," the "life force ...
The culture of Nigeria is shaped by Nigeria 's multiple ethnic groups. [1][2] The country has 527 languages, [3][4] seven of which are extinct. [5][6][7] Nigeria also has over 1,150 dialects and ethnic groups. The three largest ethnic groups are the Hausas that are predominantly in the north, the Yorubas who predominate in the southwest, and ...
Ijo religion (Ijo people, Nigeria) Godianism (a religion that is purported to encompass all traditional religions of Africa, primarily based on Odinala) Odinala (Igbo people, Nigeria) Asaase Yaa (Bono people (Gana/Ghana and Ivory Coast) Serer religion (A ƭat Roog) (Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania)
The Yoruba religion comprises the traditional religious and spiritual concepts and practices of the Yoruba people. [101] Its homeland is in Southwestern Nigeria and the adjoining parts of Benin and Togo, a region that has come to be known as Yorubaland. Yoruba religion is formed of diverse traditions and has no single founder. [102]
The number of people practicing Igbo religion decreased drastically in the 20th century with the influx of Christian missionaries under the auspices of the British colonial government in Nigeria. In some cases, Igbo traditional religion practice known as ọdịnala was syncretised with Christianity, but in many cases indigenous rites were ...
West African Vodún. A Vodun shrine in Togoville, Togo in 2017. Vodún or vodúnsínsen is an African traditional religion practiced by the Aja, Ewe, and Fon peoples of Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Nigeria. Practitioners are commonly called vodúnsɛntó or Vodúnisants. Vodún teaches the existence of a supreme creator divinity, under whom are ...
The Efik religion is based on the traditional beliefs of the Efik people of southern Nigeria. The traditional religious beliefs of the Efik are not systemised into a logical orthodoxy but consists of diverse conceptions such as worship of the supreme God, ancestral veneration, cleansing rituals and funeral rites.