An Insight into the Ontological Structure of the Traditional African Religion

Abstract

The study ontological conception of traditional African religion is said to be as old as their existence. This religion started between Africans as a descriptive encounter of some observable actions of the universe, the cosmos in relation to their understanding of the Supreme Being as observed and passed down from one generation to another by the ancestors. Applying an analytic method to this study, this study will in turn aimed at creating a balance in the structure and nature of the traditional African understanding of religion, while the objective of this study is create a balance connection between universal force, the African person and the society. Finally, our thesis here is that, religion in Africa serves as the beginning and end of being of things; this is because an African person is religion by nature. For them, religion is conceived as the finitude of man and his existence, making religion a part of the African cultural expressions.