Podcasts about african religions

Uncover the sacred power within through The Living Shrine, Yeyefini Efunbolade's inspiring journey to discovering her divine purpose and guiding you to embrace your own: https://amzn.to/4f1PbY4 #polygamy #Africanspirituaity #Yeyefini This channel explores concepts related to African spirituality, the Ifa religion, Haitian Vodou, astrology, and other forms of spirituality and spiritualism.  Learn More About Our Related Offerings!!!

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There is a rise in Christians exploring indigenous African religions and a lot more people worship ancestors. This can be a touchy subject for a lot of Black American descendants of slavery, but the Lord placed it on my heart to share about it in this episode. In this episode, I break down: Tradition  The appeal of exploring indigenous African religions The worship of ancestors Seeing and communicating with ancestors and what the Bible says about it Check out the show notes for this episode here: https://pavielle.com/150 Want to ask a follow up question to the episode? Submit your question here anonymously: https://pavielle.com/ask  Rate, Review, & Follow on Apple Podcasts "I love Pavielle and The Purpose Collective Podcast."

https://www.patreon.com/GnosticInformant Please Consider joining my Patreon to help finding scholars to bring on. Any amount helps me. Thank you existing Patrons. 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LateNiteGnosis Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NealSendlak1 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/uWBZkxd4UX Lucy, the discovery of this 3.2 million-year-old fossil skeleton was such a monumental breakthrough and what it meant for our understanding of human evolution. In 1974, a team of researchers led by the renowned paleoanthropologist Dr. Donald Johanson made a groundbreaking find in the Afar region of Hadar, Ethiopia. They unearthed an almost complete fossil skeleton belonging to an early human ancestor of our species, whom they affectionately named Lucy after the Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." The oldest known religion in Ethiopia is a traditional belief system called "Ethiopian Traditional Religion" or "Ethiopian indigenous faith." This religious practice predates the arrival of Christianity and Islam in the region by thousands of years. It encompasses a wide range of spiritual beliefs and practices that have been passed down through generations and are deeply rooted in Ethiopian culture and heritage. Ethiopian Religion is characterized by its strong connection to nature, ancestral worship, and the belief in supernatural forces and spirits. It incorporates elements of animism, where various aspects of the natural world, such as rivers, mountains, and trees, are considered to possess spiritual essence and are revered accordingly. The practice of Ethiopian Traditional Religion involves rituals, ceremonies, and offerings to appease and seek blessings from ancestral spirits and deities. These rituals often take place in sacred sites, such as forests, mountains, or ancient stone structures known as "mazgabas." The Aksumite religion, also known as the Aksumite Polytheism, refers to the religious practices and beliefs of the Aksumite Empire, an ancient kingdom located in present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea. The primary deity of the Aksumite religion was the god Mahrem, also known as Astar, who was considered the supreme god and the protector of the Aksumite kingdom. Mahrem was associated with the sky, rain, and fertility. The Aksumite kings, who held significant religious and political authority, were believed to be direct descendants of Mahrem, solidifying their divine status and legitimacy. In addition to Mahrem, the Aksumite pantheon included other gods and goddesses, such as Astar, Beher, Meder, and Waraqa. Each deity had specific domains and was worshipped for various purposes, including fertility, protection, agriculture, and prosperity. The Aksumites also practiced ancestor worship, believing that deceased ancestors played a role in the spiritual well-being and guidance of the living. They would honor and venerate their ancestors through rituals and offerings, seeking their blessings and assistance. The Aksumite religion was closely intertwined with the political and cultural aspects of the empire. Temples and religious structures, such as the famous Stelae of Aksum, were erected to honor the gods and commemorate the rulers. Ritual ceremonies, sacrifices, and festivals were held to celebrate important events, agricultural cycles, and religious observances. With the spread of Christianity in the 4th century CE, the Aksumite religion began to decline. Christianity eventually became the dominant religion in the region and played a significant role in shaping Ethiopian culture and identity. #gnosticinformant #documentary #africa --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gnosticinformant/message

Welcome to Challenges of Faith Radio Program, 'Ponder & Apply Time"..Ep 7 Today's discussion center around the similarities of the African religion and Christianity Dr. Tony Evans-Oneness Embraced I'm Gary, Producer, Host and Author. I write and communicate from a "Edifying" and "Preventive" standpoint, designed to show individuals how to avoid becoming Victims of relationships and all types of crimes A genuine friend (Rip) presented me a plaque (by an unknown author) which read. "A genuine friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away." I ask the same of you, because it is now "Ponder and Apply Time". After you have done so, the next question is what are you going to do with the gleaned knowledge, affecting you, home, community, place of worship, workplace, town, province, village, state, or country...What? Contact Gary, :E-mail:cofrp@protonmail.com Tel # 305.902.4766 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@COFRP Padverb:Guest Interviews http://en.padverb.com/COFRP COFRP listed (2021-23) as one of the Top 100 Christian Podcast http://blog.feedspot.com/christian_podcasts/

On the weird and wonderful this evening we talk about the origins of African religion, and we're joined by Dr ZuluMathabo, intellectual historian; lexicographer; poet; shepherd boy and published author of more than eight books.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this lecture Visiting Assistant Professor of African Religions and Women's Studies in Religion Program 2022-23 Research Associate Elyan Hill discusses embodied visualities and domestic enslavement in Togolese sacred arts. This event took place on February 22, 2023. Learn more: https://wsrp.hds.harvard.edu/ Full transcript: https://wsrp.hds.harvard.edu/news/2023/3/25/video-dancing-altars

Fetishes, talismans, and totems are all items that are used for protection. They can be found in many different cultures across the world. The use of these items can vary from culture to culture and from person to person. The beliefs in these items range from being a form of protection to being a way to get something you want or need. The use of these items is also seen as a form of ritualism, which is the act of engaging in certain actions or activities with the belief that they will bring about some desired result. In this episode, I explore how these items are used in traditional African religions. Check Out Our Products and Services!!! CONNECTING WITH YOUR ANCESTORS: https://amzn.to/3K8NuvU IFA (ORISHA) DIVINATION: https://asanee44.com/product-category/ifa-divination/ IFA PRODUCTS & SERVICES: https://asanee44.com/product-category/ifa-products-services/ SPIRITUAL COACHING SERVICES: https://asanee44.com/product-category/spiritual-coaching/ SUPPORT: https://anchor.fm/african-spirit/support --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/african-spirit/message

In Fragments of Bone, thirteen essayists discuss African religions as forms of resistance and survival in the face of Western cultural hegemony and imperialism. The collection presents scholars working outside of the Western tradition with backgrounds in a variety of disciplines, genders, and nationalities. These experts draw on research, fieldwork, personal interviews, and spiritual introspection to support a provocative thesis: that fragments of ancestral traditions are fluidly interwoven into New World African religions as creolized rituals, symbolic systems, and cultural identities. Contributors: Osei-Mensah Aborampah, Niyi Afolabi, Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, Randy P. Conner, T. J. Desch-Obi, Ina Johanna Fandrich, Kean Gibson, Marilyn Houlberg, Nancy B. Mikelsons, Roberto Nodal, Rafael Ocasio, Miguel "Willie" Ramos, and Denise Ferreira da Silva Reviews "Takes the reader to a deeper and broader understanding of Afro-Caribbean traditions than we have had before. . . . The cumulative effect of this unusual collection moves religions such as Vodou, Santeria, Palo, and Candomblé out of the realm of the exotic and into a merited position among progressive religious alternatives in the contemporary world."--Karen McCarthy Brown, author of Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn "Impeccably researched, persuasively argued, and engagingly written. . . . This is the most comprehensive, creative collection available, and should become the standard text for courses on the subject in the United States and abroad."--Richard Brent Turner, University of Iowa "This is a rare and important work. Fragments of Bone makes major progress toward reconstructing and rehabilitating historically subjugated indigenous spirituality. It is innovative, informative, and of the utmost significance."--Claudine Michel, author of Aspects Moraux et Educatifs du Vodou Haitien About our Guest Patrick Bellegarde-Smith is professor emeritus of Africology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is also the author of Haiti: The Breached Citadel and other books. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/negmawonpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/negmawonpodcast/support

The nature of African spirituality is such that it involves not just the acknowledgment of the existence of the spiritual realm but also the existence of amadlozi and spiritual forces and the individualized encounters that we have with them in our daily lives. What is strange though is that as African spirituality continues to grow […]

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This episode is a continuation of the topic asking Does changing countries affect your identity? It is part of a series that deals with the question of whether or not our identity affects our spirituality. I encourage you to make time to listen to the previous 3 episodes to get a better understanding of how […]

What happens to your identity as a black South African when you no longer live within the socioeconomic or political or even the cultural norms and criminal violence that defines so much of who we believe we are? If you are a black South African who is or has been living abroad for some time […]

In the process of the change and evolution of our societies, how does language affect our relationship with spirituality? I spoke to Gogo Khanyakude who is a healer, a gobela, and someone that I believe is one of the most important voices in our generation when it comes to the modern interpretation of African spirituality.

In this episode, Richard and Will talk with Professor Adam Chepkwony, a Full Professor of Religion at the University of Kabianga in Kenya. Professor Chepkwony's work covers a wide range of topics including African Religion, Inter-religious Dialogue, Science and Religion, and more. In this episode, Professor Chepkwony provides his perspective on how issues like climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic have affected, and are perceived by, people in Kenya. Additionally, Professor Chepkwony discusses the impacts of colonialism and missionary work in Kenya, including how rigid conceptualizations of Christianity, democracy, and science can sometimes lead Africans to feel like they are living "double lives".

Ama Mazama (aka Marie-Josée Cérol) is Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Programs of the Department of Africa American Studies at Temple University. She received her PhD with highest distinction from La Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III. After graduating from La Sorbonne with Highest Distinction in Linguistics for her doctorarte, Professor Ama Mazama taught at the University of Texas, Pennsylvania State University, before arriving at Temple University in l993. She established a reputation as the principal exponent of the African origin of the Guadeloupian language. In two books, Langue et Identité en Guadeloupe: Une Perspective Afrocentrique and Une Introduction au Créole Guadeloupéen.Langue et Identité en Guadeloupe: Une Perspective Afrocentrique and Une Introduction au Créole Guadeloupéen. She is the Managing Editor of the Journal of Black Studies. Her publications appear in journals in three continents. Well known as an educational consultant for the infusion of African content in American schools Mazama has written several books for teachers in addition to her major scholarly works in Afrocentric philosophy and theory. Two co-edited encyclopedias, the Encyclopedia of Black Studies and the Encyclopedia of African Religion, earned praise for their pioneering work from the National Council of Black Studies. Her scholarly works critique domination and hegemonic philosophies, reveal the cultural, linguistic, and religious bases of Caribbean culture, especially Vodu, and examine cultural and critical methods of establishing an ethic of justice and equity. Dr. Mazama has been home schooling her children for almost 2 decades and has done extensive research looking into the reasons why black parents home school their children. https://www.amazon.com/Books-Ama-Mazama/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AAma+Mazama --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mastermine-mrg/message

Very often we find ourselves feeling like noh mahn, something somewhere isn’t right. There’s something that is simply not adding up about how life functions. Right now the vast majority of us are going through a lot. Socially, our communities are a mess. Economical ku wow. Relationships…haai ke they are crying.So I spoke to Gogo […]

Dr. Alonzo Johnson graduated from Claflin University with a B.A. in Religious Studies and a minor in philosophy. He then went to receive a Master of Divinity, Master of Sacred Theology, Master of Philosophy, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from Union Theological Seminary. Known as a self-starter, builder and visionary, and a consummate team player in the course of his career, academia, the church, and the business world, Dr. Alonzo Johnson has and continues to enjoy both the pleasure and the awesome responsibility of facing the challenges that come with establishing, nurturing and directing institutions that serve the public good. He credits his experiences in graduate and undergraduate academic institutions that helped shaped him in fully understanding each challenge that public and private institutions face as they seek to serve students and the demands of accrediting agencies. Dr. Alonzo Johnson has served on the Board of Trustees of the Interdenominational Theological Center for nearly two decades. During much of this time, he has served on and chaired the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board; working up close with two cycles of SACS & Association of Theological Schools 10-year Accreditation Reaffirmation preparation. He is deemed as an experienced team builder, working within institutions and building partnerships with outside community-based entities. Dr. Alonzo Johnson is an ordained elder in the Church of God in Christ and is both pastor and founder of The Universal Outreach Church in Irmo, South Carolina where he has successfully led the church in the growth of its membership, ministries, programs, and budget, culminating in August 2016 with the purchase of the multi-million-dollar campus in Irmo, SC. The church is strongly community-focused in vision and ministry. On the state level, Dr. Alonzo Johnson serves as the assistant bishop to the South Carolina Jurisdiction. Duties consist of the training of clergy and laity, supervision of pastors, overseeing church planting and administration for sixty-five congregations in South Carolina. On the national level, Dr. Alonzo Johnson serves in the capacity of Executive Consultant & Commissioner, The Church of God in Christ – Memphis, TN where he has had the responsibility of developing unified systems for the delivery of training for clergy and laity throughout the world, serving 5-million members, 25,000 congregations, and 12,000 pastors. In this role he developed the curriculum for the training of clergy throughout the denomination; led in the establishment of the denomination's school, All Saints Bible College, Memphis, TN; reorganized the denomination's system of Bible Colleges, and developed the structure for the online delivery of ministry training programs. In the secular world, he is the Owner of Agape Health Services, LLC – Irmo, SC which is a provider for Medicaid Adult Day Care and Home Health Services. In academia, Dr. Alonzo Johnson currently serves as Associate Professor of Theology, Dickerson-Green Theological Seminary (Allen University)—Columbia, SC whose Primary area of responsibility is in teaching core and upper-level courses in theology and ethics, participation in student advisement, doing scholarly research, and participation in public service events within and outside of the university community. He has served as a Professor of Religious Studies at The University of South Carolina – Columbia, SC. He was Responsible for the development and teaching of all courses on African Americans, Caribbean, Latin American, and African Religions. Taught graduate and undergraduate courses and taught in the Honors College, African American Studies Programs, the USC degree programs for incarcerated men, as well as core curriculum classes. Dr. Alonzo Johnson also served as Assistant Professor at Benedict College – Columbia, SC where he taught core religion and philosophy courses for the core curriculum. Dr. Alonzo Johnson is also the author of s --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/odell-glenn-jr/support

Dr. Alonzo Johnson graduated from Claflin University with a B.A. in Religious Studies and a minor in philosophy. He then went to receive a Master of Divinity, Master of Sacred Theology, Master of Philosophy, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from Union Theological Seminary. Known as a self-starter, builder and visionary, and a consummate team player in the course of his career, academia, the church, and the business world, Dr. Alonzo Johnson has and continues to enjoy both the pleasure and the awesome responsibility of facing the challenges that come with establishing, nurturing and directing institutions that serve the public good. He credits his experiences in graduate and undergraduate academic institutions that helped shaped him in fully understanding each challenge that public and private institutions face as they seek to serve students and the demands of accrediting agencies. Dr. Alonzo Johnson has served on the Board of Trustees of the Interdenominational Theological Center for nearly two decades. During much of this time, he has served on and chaired the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board; working up close with two cycles of  SACS & Association of Theological Schools 10-year Accreditation Reaffirmation preparation.  He is deemed as an experienced team builder, working within institutions and building partnerships with outside community-based entities. Dr. Alonzo Johnson is an ordained elder in the Church of God in Christ and is both pastor and founder of The Universal Outreach Church in Irmo, South Carolina where he has successfully led the church in the growth of its membership, ministries, programs, and budget, culminating in August 2016 with the purchase of the multi-million-dollar campus in Irmo, SC.  The church is strongly community-focused in vision and ministry. On the state level, Dr. Alonzo Johnson serves as the assistant bishop to the South Carolina Jurisdiction. Duties consist of the training of clergy and laity,  supervision of pastors, overseeing church planting and administration for sixty-five congregations in South Carolina. On the national level, Dr. Alonzo Johnson serves in the capacity of Executive Consultant & Commissioner, The Church of God in Christ – Memphis, TN where he has had the responsibility of developing unified systems for the delivery of training for clergy and laity throughout the world, serving 5-million members, 25,000 congregations, and 12,000 pastors. In this role he developed the curriculum for the training of clergy throughout the denomination; led in the establishment of the denomination's school, All Saints Bible College, Memphis, TN; reorganized the denomination's system of Bible Colleges, and developed the structure for the online delivery of ministry training programs. In the secular world, he is the Owner of Agape Health Services, LLC – Irmo, SC which is a provider for Medicaid Adult Day Care and Home Health Services. In academia, Dr. Alonzo Johnson currently serves as Associate Professor of Theology, Dickerson-Green Theological Seminary (Allen University)—Columbia, SC whose Primary area of responsibility is in teaching core and upper-level courses in theology and ethics, participation in student advisement, doing scholarly research, and participation in public service events within and outside of the university community. He has served as a Professor of Religious Studies at The University of South Carolina – Columbia, SC. He was Responsible for the development and teaching of all courses on African Americans, Caribbean, Latin American, and African Religions. Taught graduate and undergraduate courses and taught in the Honors College, African American Studies Programs, the USC degree programs for incarcerated men, as well as core curriculum classes. Dr. Alonzo Johnson also served as Assistant Professor at Benedict College – Columbia, SC where he taught core religion and philosophy courses for the core curriculum. Dr. Alonzo Johnson is also the author of several works. In-Process: A Book Review of Frederick L. Ware, Antonia Michelle Daymond, Eric Lewis Williams, Editors: T&T Clark Handbook of African American Theology, (T&T Clark). In-Process: Co-Author with Dr. David D. Daniels: “Political and Theological Reflections on Race: A Black Pentecostal Perspective,” for Pneuma. Virtual Lecture Presentation: “Equipping Clergy for Ministry During the Pandemic & Beyond.” Ontario Jurisdiction, Church Of God In Christ, October 25, 2021. Chief Editor and Contributing Author, Church Of God In Christ: Ordination and Licensure Textbook, Church Of God In Christ Publishing House, Memphis, TN., November 2019. Chief Editor and Contributing Author, Church Of God In Christ: Ordination and Licensure Textbook, Teachers' Edition. Church Of God In Christ Publishing House, Memphis, TN. Presentation: COGIC Scholars & O. T. Jones Institute, Church Of God In Christ: Ordination and Licensure Textbook, Teacher's Edition. November 7 & 9, 2019, St. Louis, MO. Presentation: COGIC Scholars & O. T. Jones Institute: Understanding Spiritual Formation in the New Age, Social Media Era. November 10, 2018, St. Louis, MO. Presentation (Seminar Led): COGIC Scholars & O. T. Jones Institute: Gender Identity, Transgender, & Human Sexuality: The New Moral, Legal, & Theological Landscape, What Religious Organizations Should Know and Why! November 6-8, 2015, St. Louis, MO. Current Editor & Contributor: Revised Standardized Ordination Curriculum, Church of God in Christ. Co-Author of the Chapter on “The Church of God in Christ Statement of Faith,” Standardized Ordination Curriculum, Church of God in Christ, Church of God in Christ Publishing House, Memphis, TN., 2015. Author, Good News for the Disinherited. University Press of America, Washington DC, 1997. Author of the lead Chapter & Co-Editor, Ain't Gonna Lay My ‘Ligion Down. The University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC, 1997. Author, Thought You Knew Everything About Church? Think Again! Universal Publications & Media, Inc., 2005. Author, The Pastor's Helper. Provider's House Publishing, 2004. Co-Author: Powe, B.D., & Johnson, Alonzo. “Fatalism Among African Americans: A Philosophical Perspective.” Journal of Religion and Health (Summer 1995) Chapter Author: “Researching the Church of God in Christ”. African-American Religion: Research Problems and Resources for the 1990s. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York City, NY. Series Compiler & Editor: Church of God in Christ Doctrine & Theology: Student Book. Church of God in Christ Publishing House, Memphis, TN, 2002    

The resurgence of the “divine feminine” as a discursive concept and framework in religious studies and in popular practice in Europe and the United States, raises the question of the salience of the concept in African Religions. In this talk, drawing from ethnographic research with Luba women whose religious practice informs their positionality in war, Georgette Mulunda Ledgister demonstrated the African indigenous orientation towards un-gendered expressions of religion that allow practitioners to transcend the strictures and the structures of gender. This event took place on April 11, 2022. Learn more: https://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/

So in the last episode, we discussed whether or not it is possible to practice multiple spiritual beliefs at the same time and I personally concluded by saying that maybe it would help to get a better understanding of what exactly these multiple spiritual beliefs actually are. Maybe then we will be able to say […]

Based on religious ethnography, in-depth interviews and archival data, Afe Adogame, Indigeneity in African Religions: Oza Worldviews, Cosmologies and Religious Cultures (Bloomsbury, 2021) explores the historical origins, worldviews, cosmologies, ritual symbolism and praxis of the indigenous Oza people in South West Nigeria. The author's locationality and positionality plugs the book within decolonizing knowledges and indigeneity discourses, thus unpacking the complexity of “indigeneity” and contributing to its conceptual understanding within socioreligious change in contemporary Africa. The future of Oza indigeneity in the face of modernity is illuminated against the backlash of encounters, contestations with multiple hegemonies, transmissions of Christianity and Islam and indigenous (re)appropriations. Thus, any theorizations of such encounters must be cognizant of instantiations of indigeneity politics and identity, culture, tradition and power dynamics. Through decolonizing burdens of history, memory and method, Afe Adogame demonstrates a framework of understanding Oza indigenous religious,sociocultural and political imaginaries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

Based on religious ethnography, in-depth interviews and archival data, Afe Adogame, Indigeneity in African Religions: Oza Worldviews, Cosmologies and Religious Cultures (Bloomsbury, 2021) explores the historical origins, worldviews, cosmologies, ritual symbolism and praxis of the indigenous Oza people in South West Nigeria. The author's locationality and positionality plugs the book within decolonizing knowledges and indigeneity discourses, thus unpacking the complexity of “indigeneity” and contributing to its conceptual understanding within socioreligious change in contemporary Africa. The future of Oza indigeneity in the face of modernity is illuminated against the backlash of encounters, contestations with multiple hegemonies, transmissions of Christianity and Islam and indigenous (re)appropriations. Thus, any theorizations of such encounters must be cognizant of instantiations of indigeneity politics and identity, culture, tradition and power dynamics. Through decolonizing burdens of history, memory and method, Afe Adogame demonstrates a framework of understanding Oza indigenous religious,sociocultural and political imaginaries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/christian-studies

: The world that we live in today is increasingly global. Through the internet, there are virtually no boundaries stopping us from being influenced by many other beliefs and religions around the world.This ease of access to different beliefs has meant that we have, whether consciously or subconsciously, started incorporating aspects of other practices into […]

On this episode, Dr. Vince Bantu & Salim Faraji discussed the dynamics between early African Christians and the followers of traditional African religions. Remember to rate, review, and subscribe! Support the mission and vision of Jude 3 Project here: https://www.jude3project.org/donate  Grab our curriculum here: https://www.jude3project.org  Take an online course that will help you know what you believe and why here: https://learn.jude3project.org/library/  

Have you ever had that moment or that period where you wanted where you just wanted to pack up one day and just disappear? To just leave everything behind and head out into the night and go as far away as you possibly can? Let’s do that. Tonight, let’s just disappear.

For anyone who is still trying to figure out their way in African Spirituality, the prospect of having to consult with a Healer or Sangoma can be extremely daunting. Part of the challenge with this process is that you are coming in with a lot of misconceptions, a lot of confusion and, to be quite […]

In Part 4 of our series on Practicing African Spirituality for Beginners, uMkhulu Mahlalentabeni will be taking us through Understanding Cleansings in terms of what they are and what makes them necessary. I also share a personal story in relation to this topic

The idea of embracing African Spirituality in all its different facets has generally become something easy to talk about. We speak openly about ancestors and the relationship that we have with them. It’s all fun and love and light until the topic of umuthi comes up. For many of us, we grew up with a […]

Umsamo is one of those extremely vague yet still seemingly integral aspects of African Spirituality. The definitions and understandings of it vary greatly across cultures. In Part 2 of “Practicing African Spirituality for Beginners” Gogo Jebhu takes us through a deeper understanding of what umsamo is as physical structure and what it represents spiritually.

So, here you are. You have developed an interest in African Spirituality or something in you is pulling you towards that direction. You have a basic understanding of ancestors and you are aware that they play a role in your life even though you are not entirely sure what that role is and you find […]

We continue the conversation with Gogo Aubrey Matshiqi as we dig deeper into the history of African Initiated Churches. This episode also unpacks what happens historically when two conflicting beliefs crash into each other and we look into African Spiritual aspects such as Isithunywa came to be and what they actually say about Christianity.

African Spirituality and Christianity are seemingly two opposing ideologies. Yet, there are African Initiated Churches such as ZCC and Ibandla Lamanazaretha (Shembe) who are somehow able to situate the African identity whithin Christianity. Historically, how did these churches come about? Spiritually, how do they navigate the realities of the lives of their followers? Then there […]

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What is the nature of belief? Why do we, as human beings, have the capacity to believe and what purpose does it serve? In this episode it is just me and you hanging out and exploring the mindboggling concepts that impact on how we engage with our beliefs.

The assumption that we often about technology is that it relates to things like automated electronic machinery and artificial intelligence. But each point of the evolution of human society was pushed forward by what was seen at that time as technological advancements. These advancements impacted not only on culture and how we understood ourselves but they […]

The subject of the evolution of African spirituality is a very complex one. Spirituality itself is a very broad topic especially if you want to approach it from a historical point of view. I would actually like to know where our understanding of spirituality evolved from and, more importantly what are the other aspects of […]

We as black South Africans, are very keenly aware that our culture is slowly disappearing. Yet, at the same time, there has been a resurgence of interest in African Spirituality. The number of people who are becoming iisangoma has exploded and every other month there seems to be a new TV show that talks about […]

How far away are we from a time when we have a health system where western medicine is fully integrated with African Spiritual modalities in such a way that we trust that system not only with our physical health but also our spiritual healing? I figured that the best person to speak to on this […]

We’ve been raised to believe that culture and spirituality are synonyms. for the same thing. But as our collective understanding of spirituality grows and so many aspects of our cultural practices being questioned, is culture and spirituality really the same thing? Where do you draw the line? I spoke to Gogo Aubrey Matshiqi to try […]

At times it happens that when we are busy navigating our spiritual journey we can get caught up in making it all about ourselves and the challenges that we face on the path. Parenting can be a jarring reminder that the world does not revolve around us and our problems because oftentimes it forces you […]

What we rarely talk about when it comes to African Spirituality is the toll that it takes on our mental health.  The belief system that we have inherited is rife with pervasive trauma and leads many people to want to avoid anything with African Spirituality in its entirety.  I wanted to understand the impact of […]

A Spiritual Journey Back In Time

Building relationships that matter Part 2 - This is a conversation that Marcus and I had a few weeks ago with our friend and colleague Dr. Meredith Doster.We're going to return to that conversation again today. We'll be joined by Dr. JoJo Ledgister, the Visiting Lecturer on Women's Studies and African Religions at Harvard Divinity School.

Building relationships that matter Part 2 - This is a conversation that Marcus and I had a few weeks ago with our friend and colleague Dr. Meredith Doster. We're going to return to that conversation again today. We'll be joined by Dr. JoJo Ledgister, the Visiting Lecturer on Women's Studies and African Religions at Harvard Divinity School.

Nowadays there’s a tendency to believe that the journey through African Spirituality is only reserved for those who have a calling to become Healers. But the reality is that very few people are called to go through ukuthwasa. So what about everyone else? How do they get help and guidance in navigating their beliefs? In […]

MAKING SENSE OF THE SPIRITUAL

This weeks Episode Chalana and Steven dive deep into the 3rd episode of Lovecraft Country. Where they break down Leti's existential despair. Racist cops as well as The ghost and Haitian and African Religion and Voodoo rituals.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/magicalnegro/support

How Their History & Evolution Defined Our Social & Spiritual Identity