Black Spirituality Religion : Why are some black people so uninformed about African Traditional Religions

Sekhemu

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Much has been bantered around with respect to the morality and spiritual validity of African Traditional Religions.

We all know that most black americans are either Christian or Muslim. However when many of the cross paths (No pun intended) with practitioners of ATR's, there is often a fear on the part of the Christian or Muslim, that this person is practicing a heathen or Demonic religion.

Who taught our people to think this way, and why does it continue to this day?
 
Sekhemu said:
Much has been bantered around with respect to the morality and spiritual validity of African Traditional Religions.

We all know that most black americans are either Christian or Muslim. However when many of the cross paths (No pun intended) with practitioners of ATR's, there is often a fear on the part of the Christian or Muslim, that this person is practicing a heathen or Demonic religion.

Who taught our people to think this way, and why does it continue to this day?
brain washing, pure and simple.
ATR are a step along the path to mental freedom.
i sometimes get the feeling that black people are afraid of freedom.
 
Ralfa'il said:
I think we must first define what ARE Traditional African Religions.

For the Hausa of Nigeria and Wolof of Senegal, ISLAM is a traditional African religion.

For the Falasha of Ethiopia, strick monotheism is their tradition.

Other tribes are established in Christianity.

Without going too far off the topic, Islam was introduced to the Wolof by the Mauretanians about 500 years ago, and Islam was brought to the Hausa at the end of the 15th century by a teacher and Missionary named Muhommad Al Magli. So obviously Islam was not an indigenous religion to either group.

But back to my question. Why are so many of our people uninformed about ATR's and why do so many of us see them the way we do. Is it fear, ignorance, jealousy, or all of the above?
 

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