Santería
type: Concept
broader: religious traditions and groups
broader: religious/spiritual beliefs
broader: religion
broader: race, ethnicity and migration
broader: prison life
broader: global perspectives
definition: Santería (also known as regla de ocha, orisha, or Lucumi) is a transatlantic extension of Yoruba religion into the Caribbean. The homeland of the Yoruba people is in southwestern Nigeria, but they have also settled in Togo and the Republic of Benin and have spread to those areas an ancient religious system that now also has thousands of devotees in the Americas. [Source: Encyclopedia of Black Studies; Santería]

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: Santería

global perspectives
type: Concept
narrower: Santería

prison life
type: Concept
narrower: Santería

race, ethnicity and migration
type: Concept
narrower: Santería

religion
type: Concept
narrower: Santería

religious/spiritual beliefs
type: Concept
narrower: Santería

religious traditions and groups
type: Concept
narrower: Santería