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=== Traditional African === [[File:Brooklyn Museum 1992.133.4 Figure of Shango on Horseback.jpg|thumb|[[Shango]], the [[Orisha]] of fire, lightning, and thunder, in the [[Yoruba religion]], depicted on horseback]] {{Main|Traditional African religion}} {{Further|African diasporic religions}} [[Traditional African religion|African traditional religion]] encompasses the traditional religious beliefs of people in Africa. In West Africa, these religions include the [[Akan religion]], [[Dahomey mythology|Dahomey (Fon) mythology]], [[Efik mythology]], [[Odinani]], [[Serer religion|Serer religion (A ƭat Roog)]], and [[Yoruba religion]], while [[Bushongo mythology]], [[Mbuti mythology|Mbuti (Pygmy) mythology]], [[Lugbara mythology]], [[Dinka religion]], and [[Lotuko mythology]] come from central Africa. Southern African traditions include [[Akamba mythology]], [[Masai mythology]], [[Malagasy mythology]], [[San religion]], [[Lozi mythology]], [[Tumbuka mythology]], and [[Zulu mythology]]. [[Bantu mythology]] is found throughout central, southeast, and southern Africa. In north Africa, these traditions include [[traditional Berber religion|Berber]] and [[ancient Egyptian religion|ancient Egyptian]]. There are also notable [[African diasporic religions]] practiced in the Americas, such as [[Santeria]], [[Candomble]], [[Haitian Vodun|Vodun]], [[Lucumi religion|Lucumi]], [[Umbanda]], and [[Macumba]]. [[File:Templo de fuego, Baku, Azerbaiyán, 2016-09-27, DD 34.jpg|thumb|Sacred flame at the [[Ateshgah of Baku]]]]
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