Many white Cubans have now embraced Santeria with its African-centred beliefs, why is this?
That is not a problem for this religion; there are many white people here in Cuba and all people are the same. It is the ancestral situation that makes people come together in the fraternity. Many people believe African spirituality is about the worship of evil spirits. This religion has nothing to do with evil; this is a religion of fraternity, it is a religion of feelings, it is the beliefs that our grandfathers have practised from generation to generation. Nevertheless, many people confuse the meanings of the religion. What unites us as people is our connection to our common ancestors and our feelings towards our ancestors and spirituality; this is not the religion of the devil. Santeria is closely associated with the Yoruba people of Nigeria. Yes, the religion has deep roots in Yoruba. Yoruba is very important to us because the principle roots of the religion are from Yoruba and we, the Afro-Cuban people, feel for Africa because Africa is the mother country of all Afro-Cubans. Unfo
