African Demonic Religions

List of traditions

Afro-American Religions
Religion Developed in* Ancestral roots Also practiced in Remarks
Candomblé Brazil Yoruba Some elements of Dahomey Vodun (deities) and Kongo nkisi. Also called Batuque.
Umbanda Brazil Yoruba (mainly) Uruguay
Syncretism. Mixed the Yoruba's deities (Orishas) with the Bantu's veneration of ancestral spirits (Preto Velho), indigenous elements (Caboclos and Caciques), Allan Kardec's Spiritism and Catholicism. Founded in the early 20th century.
Quimbanda Brazil Kongo
Witchcraft
Brazilian Shamanism
  Veneration of ancestral spirits called Exu and Pomba Gira
Santería Cuba Yoruba Puerto Rico, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, USA Catholicism Syncretism
Regla de Arará Cuba Fon Puerto Rico  
Regla de Palo Cuba[1] Kongo nkisi Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, USA, Venezuela Also called Palo Mayombe,
Las Reglas del Congo, Palo Monte
Haitian Vodou Haiti Fon Cuba, Dominican Republic, USA, Canada  
Louisiana Voodoo Southern USA Fon USA
Obeah Jamaica Igbo Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas, Virgin Islands, Grenada, Barbados, Guyana, Suriname, Belize Similar to Hoodoo, derives from the Igbo 'obia' (or dibia, Igbo: doctoring) traditions.[2]
Winti Suriname Akan, Yoruba, Kongo  
Kumina Jamaica Kongo  
Spiritual Baptist Trinidad and Tobago Yoruba Jamaica, Bahamas, USA Protestantism Syncretism, since the early 19th century
Hoodoo Southern USA Dahomey or Fon USA  
Abakua Cuba Ekpe   society of the Annang, Efik, Ibibio, Ekoi and Igbo
Orisha Trinidad Yoruba New York City originally Yoruba, later syncretized with Catholicism.[3]

Other closely related regional religions include:

Dominican Vudú (Fon, Dominican Republic
Sanse (also known as Puerto Rican Vudú) (Fon, Puerto Rico)
Xangô de Recife (Yoruba, Brazil)[4]
Xangô do Nordeste (Yoruba, Brazil
Tambor de Mina (Yoruba, Brazil)
Candomblé Ketu (Yoruba, Bahia, Brazil)