West African Mythology: Gods, Spirits and Sacred Traditions

West Africa is home to some of the most sophisticated and globally influential mythological traditions in human history. Long before Greek philosophy codified its gods into texts, the peoples of West Africa had built intricate cosmological systems, complete pantheons, creation narratives, divination sciences, and moral frameworks, that governed every dimension of life from birth to death, from kingship to agriculture, from the stars above to the spirits beneath the earth.