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What are some prominent indigenous African religions? Do they venerate the earth and nature? Are they pagan?
Christianity and Islam are fighting over turf at the moment in Africa, but they're both products of ancient colonialism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_African_religion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_African_Vodun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_religion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serer_religion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_religion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_mythology
More pages here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:African_traditional_religions
The only ones I know of is Lukumi and Vodou. Lukumi because I talked with a priest hand Vodou online resources I trust is valid. Both are secretive. You can't find it online.
Lukumi from what I know they don't venerate nature. Each part of nature has their designated spirit as well as our ancestors. Each spirit who used to be human used to govern over a specific part of nature. They were looked up as "saints" for lack of a better word. When they passed on, their spirits govern the water the same as when they were alive. So believers venerate the spirits rather than nature itself. When we drink water, we are drinking the spirit of water. When we pray to the sun, we are praying to the spirit of sun.
It isn't Pagan since pagan is European and African is not. It is p-agan because many African traditions before Christian colonization are native to the country they are from. However, it's touchy. Lukumi, for example, isn't polytheist. So, a good definition of pagan would help to understand what follows under what (though not comfortably).
I guess you can call Santeria a African religion. It's mixed with Catholicism, so the best word is Lukumi from I think the Yoruba.
Here is the difference between Santeria and Vodou. Hoodoo isn't a religion.
Here is the differences in how African religions see god compared to Christianity. It will give an idea of how some African religious spirituality is of. But as for a complete list, there are sooooo many that one can't possible start to know.
African view of god compared to Christianity
Wow thanks so much for this detailed reply