Welcome to episode five of The Pillars, the Porch and the Path. In this episode we dig into ATR’s, or, African Traditional Religions which we refer to as African traditional spiritual belief systems and what we’ve explored about them thus far on our Path. This is a broad, multi-faceted topic and we discuss many aspects of ATR’S from how these spiritual belief systems were sytematically taken from enslaved Africans during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade to the revival of the traditions all over the African Diaspora today. We discuss how religious syncretism, dance and drumming was utilized to hide and to pass these traditions on. And in true BLERD style, we share our favorite authors and books on this vast and complex topic!
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Show Notes
In this episode we share all about ATR’s [Find Full Transcripts here]
- Why is it important to understand the history of ATR’s? [3:46]
- How is dance part of these traditions ? [8:21]
- How is Voodoo and Hoodoo part of these traditions ? [12:10]
- Why were these traditions stripped from enslaved Africans? [23:22]
- How was religious syncretism used to hide traditional belief systems? [28:15]
- Why do we find these traditions in Afro-cuban dance?[33:18]
- What are the books we love on this subject? [40:32]
Our Favorite Books on/about ATR’s
Tell My Horse, Zora Neale Hurston
Jambalaya, Luisah Teish
Babalawo: The Secret of Afro-Cuban Ifa
Mama Day, Gloria Naylor
Orishas, Goddesses and Voodoo Queens, Lilith Dorsey
Isese Spirituality Workbook, Ayele Kumari, PhD