'Jesus Hasn't Saved Us': The Young Black Women Returning to Ancestral Religions

RedditAllPro · 12時間前

That's cool from a pride and historical standpoint, but those religions are just as superstitious and crazy.

Off topic, but my agnosticism hinders me greatly as soon as the topic of religion comes up among black women. Most just aint having that shit.

IceReignBlack · 9時間前

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SaintTaxman · 12時間前

Comfa, Obeah, Orixa, Candomble, Vodou, Hoodoo, all have roots in west african religions. I've always thought it would be cool if the religious leaders would meet up and organize on an international scale like Christianity and Islam do.

Also big up Guyana one time!

I wonder how open she is about it though, Comfa has the reputation of black magic to many people. Sweat rice is a common fear among men who know women involved in Comfa and Obeah (sometimes even women who claim not to be involved in it but fall back on it anyway).

That being said, i'd be taking no part as I am a godless heathen.

Cpr196 · 12時間前

Pretty good article, really well done. Not exactly shocking to learn about how religion was colonized and African religions were snuffed out, but it was pretty interesting.

With that said, come on man. If we're teaching these kids anything, can we please teach them the sciences. Believe what you wanna believe but I can't endorse teaching people stuff like this over an actual education of how the world works.

Shiranaru · 12時間前

I've been really interested in Santeria/Voodou Lately.

blackfellasbot · 12時間前

Christianity still exerts a powerful force in many black communities, but some young women are turning their back on the faith and returning to the older, traditional religions of their ancestors.

• That's partially because of how aggressive the campaign to wipe it out was—a large part of the colonial defense of slavery was the onus on Europeans to save the so-called African savages, preaching about the blood of Jesus as they gleefully spilt other races' in the pursuit of land and resources.

• "Any Negro or other slave who shall pretend to any supernatural power," the act said, "and be detected in making use of any blood, feathers, parrots-beaks, dogs-teeth, alligators-teeth, broken bottles, grave-dirt, rum, eggshells, or any other materials relative to the practice of Obeah or witchcraft... upon conviction... [shall] suffer death."

• SOAS senior lecturer Dr Jörg Haustein explains how colonizers used Christianity as a control mechanism to replace traditional African religions: "The Portuguese banned amulets and 'charms' during the Inquisition—the objects in question were certainly used for what we might call religious practices today, but they were also tokens of political allegiance and economic relations in the various networks between villages and states," he says.

• Similarly, Yoruba followers of Ifa consult a priest known as a babalawo, who uses an opele chain and palm nuts in a process known as divination, in which they attempt to foretell future events or discover hidden truths supernaturally.

• But one of the most high profile nods to traditional faith came in Beyoncé's visual album Lemonade: For "Sorry," the singer enlisted Yoruba artist Laolu Senbanjo to paint her dancers with his signature body art—which he calls the Sacred Art of Ori—similar to the kind used in dedication ceremonies to worship of Orishas.

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