Add to ORKGAfrican tradition and thought consider spirits to be elements of power, force, authority, and vital energy underlying all existence. There is therefore this huge fear of what goes on in the unseen world since spirits are known to operate in this realm. Invisible though this power may be, Africans perceive it directly. This has led to the adoption of all manner of strategies in order to get closer to Onyankopɔn, ‘the Supreme Being’ so that the necessary support and protection may be received. Without the spirits, the Akan feels that there is no way to reach God. In this paper I will discuss the role of Onyankopɔn, ‘the Supreme Being’ and some other spirit beings in the Akan spiritual cosmology and the various roles they play in the affairs o...
This course of study centered on the scholarship on African traditional religions between the years ...
The spiritual beliefs and mizimu, or sacred sites, of villagers were studied in Mangapwani, Makunduc...
The African continent displays rich diversity in geography, culture, history, and language. In spite...
The reality of spirits? A historiography of the Akan concept of 'mind' (La réalité des esprits: Vers...
The article explores the Akan concept of 'God'. Through the analysis of oral tradition, it suggests ...
Witchcraft and "exorcisms" have dominated African cultures and posed problems for African people. Th...
This study examines central aspects of the ancestral tradition of the Gamei of Ghana which have not ...
Traditional Africans' belief in and veneration of ancestors is an almost ubiquitous, long-held and w...
Deities exist as semi-autonomous agents and functionaries in the African “universe,” but the final a...
This article discusses the traditional beliefs, of many indigenous cultures of Africa, associated wi...
Igbo-African metaphysics remains the most attractive and prominent aspect of Igbo-African philosophy...
As a result of rash and incorrect assumptions, African spiritualities have been adulterated, bastard...
Spirit possession is a common transcendental experience that manifests in a variety of ways througho...
Prior articles indicate the existence of ogbanje in Igboland but knowledgeabout its social and medic...
A community’s conception of God is the central point for much of the rest of its belief. It might e...
This course of study centered on the scholarship on African traditional religions between the years ...
The spiritual beliefs and mizimu, or sacred sites, of villagers were studied in Mangapwani, Makunduc...
The African continent displays rich diversity in geography, culture, history, and language. In spite...
The reality of spirits? A historiography of the Akan concept of 'mind' (La réalité des esprits: Vers...
The article explores the Akan concept of 'God'. Through the analysis of oral tradition, it suggests ...
Witchcraft and "exorcisms" have dominated African cultures and posed problems for African people. Th...
This study examines central aspects of the ancestral tradition of the Gamei of Ghana which have not ...
Traditional Africans' belief in and veneration of ancestors is an almost ubiquitous, long-held and w...
Deities exist as semi-autonomous agents and functionaries in the African “universe,” but the final a...
This article discusses the traditional beliefs, of many indigenous cultures of Africa, associated wi...
Igbo-African metaphysics remains the most attractive and prominent aspect of Igbo-African philosophy...
As a result of rash and incorrect assumptions, African spiritualities have been adulterated, bastard...
Spirit possession is a common transcendental experience that manifests in a variety of ways througho...
Prior articles indicate the existence of ogbanje in Igboland but knowledgeabout its social and medic...
A community’s conception of God is the central point for much of the rest of its belief. It might e...
This course of study centered on the scholarship on African traditional religions between the years ...
The spiritual beliefs and mizimu, or sacred sites, of villagers were studied in Mangapwani, Makunduc...
The African continent displays rich diversity in geography, culture, history, and language. In spite...