More Nigerians find a ‘true’ religious path in African traditional beliefs

More Nigerians find a ‘true’ religious path in African traditional beliefs

Religious observers see a growing number of people abandoning Christian churches in favour of Indigenous spirituality.

Why some Nigerians are leaving Christianity for African non secular beliefs

Nsukka, Nigeria — Since early childhood, Chidi Nwaohia’s life has swung like a pendulum between two non secular paths: Christianity and African conventional faith. His life was at all times marked by thriller, says the 59-year-old who was raised a religious nondenominational Christian in Amachi Nsulu, close to Aba in southeast Nigeria. Earlier than he had turned a yr outdated, he strayed in a single day and went lacking. “I used to be discovered…