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Ancient African Religion Finds Roots In America
http://www.npr.org/2013/08/25/215298340/ancient-african-religion-finds-roots-in-americaby CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON
August 25, 2013 7:57 AM
Priest Ifagbemi has an elaborate shrine to Yoruba's gods in his home near Seattle.
Christopher Johnson/NPR
In the suburbs of Seattle, an ancient West-African religion is gaining followers. Yoruba, older than Christianity and Islam, comes from the Yoruba people of Nigeria.
Yoruba is particularly popular with African-Americans who find it offers a spiritual path and a deep sense of cultural belonging.
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Wesley Hurt's Yoruba story begins the night he met his wife, Cheri Profit. It was nearly eight years ago, not long after a tour in Iraq. He had just gotten off for weekend release from an Army base in Tacoma, Wash.
Hurt was ready to go out and have a good time. He and some friends went to a club, where he saw Profit. She avoided him at first, but eventually he got her attention. Not long after their meeting, they were a couple.
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