magic<\/a>, and the afterlife;<\/p>\n\n\n\n(ii) religious practices, ceremonies and festivals through which people express themselves in practical terms;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(iii) religious objects and places which people have set apart as being holy and sacred;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(iv) values and morals which deal with ideas that safeguard and uphold the life of the people in their relationship with one another and the world around them, and;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(v) religious officials and leaders who conduct religious ceremonies, sacrifices, formal prayers and divination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As seen in the five parts above, African religion is an essential part of African life. Its influence covers all of life, from birth to death. People find religion useful and meaningful in their lives and therefore, it spreads freely in the community. They teach it informally to their children through conversation, proverbs and myths as well as through practice. Young people also learn about it through participation in religious ceremonies, festivals and rituals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Religion tells African people how the universe was created, why humans occupy a special place in the scheme of things, why natural disasters occur, why some people triumph while others fail and why everyone must suffer and eventually die. People seek to explain experiences and events by attributing them to causes with explanations that can only be found in religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In short, religion is a major source of giving meaning to life. This fact is particularly, though not exclusively, evident in regard to tragic events and crises in people\u2019s lives. In these situations, religion can provide explanations. Religious belief system also maintains and enhances the self-concept of individual members of the community. Thus religion may enhance that feeling of unconditional regard through the belief that \u201cGod loves me\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
African religion is entirely a lived religion and not a doctrinal one. It requires no formal induction. One is born into it and learns it throughout one\u2019s life through normal socialisation. In no way is anything understood apart from the context of a Supreme Being, the ancestors and the spirits. As a result, reverence must be accorded to the world and what is in it and around it. This is not only a religious, but also a moral requirement, for every person if he\/she is going to survive in the world and community in which he\/she lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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