| The African Traditional Religion is a
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| | present day art works. Contrary to the
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| religion practiced on the African
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| | beliefs of the early European visitors to
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| continent. It is the indigenous religion
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| | the continent, Africans hold the idea
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| of Africans with its own distinct
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| | that an Almighty God exists, creator of
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| features and character of the people who
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| | Heaven and Earth.
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| practice it just as Islam has the
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| | "Chukwudi" (There is God) is a popular
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| character of the Arabs, Judaism of the
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| | name in Ibo land, South-East of Nigeria
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| Jews, and Hindus of the Indians. Like
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| | best justifies this idea. It is therefore
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| other religions, it is difficult to tell
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| | incontrovertible that even before the
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| when this religion originated but we know
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| | coming of the Europeans Africans had
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| it is as old as the Africans.
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| | clear the knowledge of the existence of
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| The African Traditional Religion is not
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| | God. God therefore did not come to the
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| totally different from other religions
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| | African continent with the Europeans. The
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| even though it came under sever the
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| | Europeans only came with their own
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| criticisms of the early Europeans who
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| | version of God. And the African
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| came to Africa to propagate Christianity.
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| | Traditional Religion supports this fact
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| This religion was handed down to Africans
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| | even indisputably.
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| in oral form exactly the same way other
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| | In fact what these early visitors to
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| religions emanated and is a way of life
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| | Africa did was to attempt to destroy the
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| of the Africans. This may become
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| | continued existence of the religion
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| reflective in the day to day attitude of
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| | together with its values by labeling it
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| the African. Thus the tenets and ideas of
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| | an evil religion from the dark continent,
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| this religion exist largely in oral forms
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| | full of savages, a religion which highly
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| and are still very much understood by the
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| | glorifies the Devil implicitly suggesting
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| Africans themselves who practice the
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| | that nothing good can come out of an evil
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| religion.
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| | place such as Africa the land of all
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| Another interesting feature of this
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| | sorts evils and vices. Interestingly,
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| religion is that it has no sacred book
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| | some Africans bought this idea hook, line
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| which has caused some critics to readily
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| | and sinker. Africans had always known
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| misleadingly conclude that it is not a
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| | that a true Supreme God existed.
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| revealed religion or religion of the
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| | The Europeans and other visitors to the
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| book. Some have also labeled the
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| | continent did this in order to achieve
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| religion, a religion of backward people.
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| | their full aim of propagating religions
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| The African traditional religion has no
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| | hitherto strange to the people of the
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| imposing and magnificent buildings such
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| | continent.
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| as those of the churches, mosques,
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| | Incidentally, to a very large extent,
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| temple, pagodas where worshippers could
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| | they succeeded because of the
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| troop in and out to worship. This
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| | geographical condition of the continent
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| development has portrayed the religion in
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| | which rendered the understanding of the
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| bad light in the eyes of the early
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| | continent almost impossible, multiplicity
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| Europeans that came to the continent.
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| | of cultures and ethnic -nationalities in
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| African Traditional Religion can best be
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| | the continent also contributed to this
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| understood through oral and non-oral
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| | development. It was this diverseness in
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| devices. These oral devices are still
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| | the cultures of Africans that led to
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| living with Africans today and are
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| | generalization.
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| expressed mostly in proverbs, names,
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| | However, we know today that all religions
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| songs and others. The non-oral devices
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| | are exactly the same in terms of beliefs
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| consist of artifacts mostly recovered
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| | and ideas.
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| from archeological excavations and some
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