Religious Minorities

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‘Ranting Atheist’: The podcast building a community for irreligious Nigerians in a society where it is dangerous to be one

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The Table Community
“It attracted me”: Inside a fellowship for non religious Nigerians

Lagos, Nigeria (Minority Africa) — As a child, Maro Okiti and her family attended a…

African spirituality makes space for my divinity and queerness

Colonialism demonized African traditional practices forcing people to turn to Abrahamic religions. These religions, in turn, ostracised queer people and denied them access to spiritual spaces due to their queerness.

‘No respect for our ancestors’: Traditional healers in Zimbabwe resist regularisation of practice

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Can infusing western education revive northern Nigeria’s Almajiranci system?

Niger, Nigeria (Minority Africa) — In January 2018, Malam Na’ibi, a 47-year-old Gbagyi man from Niger…