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Religion in Africa

Sorcerer's House Explodes During Supposed Healing Ritual

AP | GILLIAN GOTORA | Posted 01.30.2013 | Religion
Read More: Mysticism, Zimbabwe, Africa, Witchcraft, Black Magic, Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association, Faith Healing, Sorcery, Religion in Africa, Religion News

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Police in Zimbabwe said Wednesday they found traces of explosives at a tribal sorcerer's house where a massive blast killed six pe...

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Prosperity Gospel Attracts Many African Christians

Samuel Okocha | Posted 11.02.2012 | Religion
Read More: Prosperity Gospel, Christianity, Christianity in Africa, Christ, Jesus Christ, Religion in Africa, Black Church, Religion News
Samuel Okocha

In a continent where many churches are growing by emphasizing both the material and spiritual benefits of faith, Segun Ilori and Tedius Makwari represent different faces of a religious movement that can evoke both spiritual revival and disillusionment.

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V. S. Naipaul's "Gloomy Clarity" About Africa and Himself (AUDIO)

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Literature, India, Religion, V. S. Naipaul, Radio Conversation, Nobel Prize Literature, Africa, Sir Vidia, Travel, Travel Writing, Christopher Lydon, Brown University, Religion in Africa, Books News
Christopher Lydon

V. S. Naipaul, in the winter of his long writing life, doesn't disguise his melancholy or his frailty. Still, his inquisitorial eye and his magic with a prose sentence have not abandoned him, nor the organ tones of his mesmerizing voice.

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Survey Finds Africa Is Most Religious Part Of World

Religion News Service | Chika Odoua | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Africans Religious, Religion, Christianity in Africa, Africa Syncretism, Africa Christianity, Islam in Africa, African Religion, Religion in Africa, Africa Islam, Religion News

WASHINGTON (RNS) Researchers say they've found the most religious place on Earth--between the southern border of the Sahara Desert and the tip of Sout...

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