Cosmology: African Cosmologies

In Lindsay Jones (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion. Macmillan Reference (2004)
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Abstract

Africa's indigenous cultures evidence cosmologies that are diverse and still evolving. A comparison is made of those found in the Yoruba (Nigeria), Maasai (Kenya), and Ki-Kongo (DRC) cultures to demonstrate this.

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