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The African countries and territories in the Indian Ocean also have significant Buddhist minorities. Mauritius has the highest Buddhist percentage (between 1.5 [3] to 2% [4] of the total population) among African countries due to a high number of Chinese people (nearly 40 thousand or 3% of the Mauritian population [5]).
And according to the 2010s estimates, the Buddhist adherents (may included Taoism and Chinese Folk Religion) is increasing to between 0.2% [3] 0.3% [4] of the South African population, or between 100 and 150 thousand people while the number of practising Buddhists maybe low.
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. A. Algerian Buddhists (1 P) S. South African Buddhists (1 C, 3 P) Z. Zimbabwean Buddhists (1 P)
This is a list of notable Buddhists, encompassing all the major branches of the religion (i.e. in Buddhism), and including interdenominational and eclectic Buddhist practitioners. This list includes both formal teachers of Buddhism, and people notable in other areas who are publicly Buddhist or who have espoused Buddhism.
Buddhism is a tiny religion in Africa with around 250,000 practicing adherents, [44] and up to nearly 400,000 [45] if combined with Taoism and Chinese Folk Religion as a common traditional religion of mostly new Chinese migrants (significant minority in Mauritius, Réunion, and South Africa).
The Uganda Buddhist Centre (UBC) was founded by Venerable Buddharakkhita, Ph.D., who is a Ugandan by nationality and is the first Buddhist monk in Uganda to introduce Buddhism into the country on April 10, 2005. [3] It was created to introduce and preserve the Buddha's teachings within the context of African culture. [2]
Pages in category "Buddhism in Africa" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Tanzania Buddhist Temple and Meditation Center is the oldest and first Buddhist temple in Africa. It was Sri Lankan people who, in the 20th century, established the Buddhist temple in Tanzania, after they came to work in Dar es Salaam around 1915. They worked together and formed the “Singhalese Buddhist Association” and then asked for a ...