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Example of Louisiana Voodoo altar inside a temple in New Orleans.

African diaspora religions, also described as Afro-American religions, are a number of related beliefs that developed in the Americas in various nations of the Caribbean, Latin America and the Southern United States. They derive from traditional African religions with some influence from other religious traditions, notably Christianity and Islam.[1][2]

  1. ^ Murphy, Larry G.; Melton, J. Gordon; Ward, Gary L., eds. (2011) [1993]. Encyclopedia of African American Religions. Religious Information Systems, 9 (Reprint ed.). New York; London: Routledge. ISBN 0-8153-0500-1.
  2. ^ Fulop, Timothy Earl; Raboteau, Albert J., eds. (1997). African American Religion: Interpretive Essays in History and Culture. London; New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-91458-2.

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