- National African Religion Congress (NARC) - http://narcworld.com
Provides international directory of Priests and Priestesses of the Akan, Candomble, Haitian Voodoo, Yoruba, Lucumi, Santeria, and related religions of the African Diaspora. Discusses unity among practioners of all African based religions and gives information on up-coming NARC conferences and ceremonies.
- Palo and Lukumi Organization - http://www.palo.org/
An interfaith religious web site administered by an elder priest of both the Palo and Lukumi traditions, providing guidance and assistance to the followers of these religions. Many families practice two or more African, Christian, or Spiritist belief systems; such syncretism is found throughout Cuba, Haiti, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. This web site hosts an impressive and extensive archive of educational articles on all aspects of African Syncretism.
- Lydia Cabrera Bibliography - http://www.afrocubaweb.com/cabrera.htm
A lengthy ist of books on all aspects of African Diasporic religions in Cuba written by the renowned ethnographer Lydia Cabrera.
- Ancestors and Inquices - http://www.inquiceweb.com/antepasado.html
Kongo-derived religions are based on veneration of named ancestors (Nkuyu), water spirits or remote ancestors (Simbi), nature spirits or remotest ancestors (Inquises), and the high god (Nzambi Mpongo).
- Organization of African Traditional Healers (OATH) - http://www.mamiwata.com/OATH.html
A nonprofit, religious, educational, and certification organization committed to the positive promotion of African Traditional Religions, and the legitimatization of ATR practitioners in the United States and its territories.
- ATR Pan-African Spirituality Forum - http://forums.delphiforums.com/dahomey/
Discussion forum on all African Traditional Religions as practiced in Africa and the Diaspora, including Vodoun, Ifa, Orisha, Santeria, Candomble, Palo, Kemet. One-time registration is required to enter the ATR Forum.
- At the Crossroads: Afro-Cuban Orisha Arts - http://www.historical-museum.org/exhibits/orisha/orisha_start.htm
A multimedia exhibition at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida on traditional arts associated with the Afro-Cuban Orisha religion in Miami.
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