Abstract

The objective of this narrative inquiry was to examine the African indigenous spirituality in the 21st century, practiced by the Bahaya in the Southern of Tanzania with a view to uncover how those faith impact their spirituality and worldviews concerning religion. Conceivably, African religions are fixed in the ancient life of Africans, hence, there is a lot of trouble on grasping it outside of the unremarkable activities of the native-born populace; the logic why is straightforward, as long as religion get involved for all intents and purposes of individual African’s lives. African Tradition Religion (ATR) man can do nothing outside of consulting the spirits endorsement. In instance such as illness, wedding ceremony, childbearing, duties, study, tour, failed harvest, misfortune, domestic disharmony, and battle, spirits are consulted. The study apart from the survey with interview, the phenomenological strategy to religion, were applied as the strategy of investigating the Hayas’ beliefs and practices in connection to Supreme Being. Based on the finding, the study confirms that, religion is so intensely ingrained in daily occurrence of indigenous people that’s it, in view of this worth considering to distinct it from other sides of the culture. In this regards, the findings offer deeper insight for Africans, that religion is the powerful influence on individual’s attitudes, reactions, and lives.

Keywords: Religious tradition, Basic beliefs, traditional life, Ancestors, Supreme god, Offerings