the world of Africa’s ancestral religions – ep 01

Edited By : Widad WAHBI

At the heart of Africa lies an ancestral spiritual world where nature is sacred, and every element — tree, stone, wind — embodies a vital force. Long before the arrival of monotheistic religions, African peoples lived in harmony with their environment, performing rituals to harness the invisible energy that governs health, happiness, and balance. This worldview, shared from the Dogon to the Bantu, sees nature as a living being — sometimes even divine — and reflects a profound spirituality rooted in the earth, in gestures, and in the songs passed down through millennia.