The
trade between Africans and Indians is ancient. It is notable that the
man who showed Vaco Da Gama the route to India was a Gujarati trader.
Along with goods, ideas spiritual, scientific and religious were also
exchanged since ancient times. Because the spiritual systems in India as
well as Africa were non-Abrahamic (Not Jewish, Islamic or Christian),
there was a free exchange of ideas and philosophies.
No wonder than
that images and idols of some of the Gods of Hinduism have found their
way to Western Africa from the 15th century onwards and are worshiped by the followers of Vodun to this day. These idols are considered of
Gods of Vodun and continue to be worshipped to this day. Among the
commonly worshipped are idols of Dattatreya, Shiva, Ganesha and those of
Lakshmi and Durga.
Indian material culture in the form of images in
books, pamphlets, films, and popular devotional chromolithographs (Bae
2003), as well as the votive practices of Indian traders in Africa, came
to have a profound impact on Mami Wata worshipers, their icons, and
their ritual actions.
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