#  Afro-Caribbean Traditions 

 



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  [### From Africa to America

 ](/from-africa-to-america) During the brutality of the transatlantic slave trade many enslaved Africans brought their spiritual and religious traditions to the United States and the Caribbean. These traditions were maintained in subtle ways in the United States, most notably in the... 

 

 

   [### "Santeria": La Regla de Ocha-Ifa and Lukumi

 ](/%E2%80%9Csanter%C3%ADa%E2%80%9D-the-lucumi-way) Once known as "Santería," La Regla de Ocha-Ifá and La Regla de Lukumí came to the United States with Cuban immigrants. Typically practiced in private ritual communities rather than public worship spaces, many practitioners in the U.S. encounter a lack of... 

 

 

   [### Vodou, Serving the Spirits

 ](/vodou-serving-the-spirits) Vodou or Vodún (meaning "spirit" or "god" in the Fon and Ewe languages of West Africa) is a blending (syncretism) of African religious traditions and Catholicism. In the United States, Vodou religious ceremonies are often performed in private community... 

 

 

   [### Jamaican Religion

 ](/jamaican-religion) Jamaican religious traditions in the United States include Obeah, Jamaican Revivalism or Pukumina, and Rastafari. Obeah is a system of herbal and spiritual technology to cure diseases and offer protection. The Pukumina tradition is more structured than... 

 

 

   [### The Kingdom of Oyotunji

 ](/the-kingdom-of-oyotunji) Oyotunji African village was founded in 1970 in Sheldon, South Carolina by Walter Eugene King. It is a religious and cultural community for African American practitioners of the West African Yoruba faith. At its height, the village was home to over 200... 

 

 

  

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