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1.7 Indigenous Cosmologies and Religious Syncretism

Question 1a

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Define syncretism and explain how it manifested in the context of early West and West Central African societies.

Question 1b

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Identify and describe one example of a syncretic religious practice that developed in West or West Central Africa before the transatlantic slave trade.

Question 1c

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Describe how enslaved Africans in the Americas adapted their traditional practices in response to new environments and restrictions.

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