The continent of Africa has been home to several ancient philosophies. Many of these philosophies were and still are not clearly understood. Regions where these faiths arose were epicenters of slave trade. Many of these religions were persecuted into extinction and subsumed and syncretized into Abrahamic religions.
We will take a look at the Serer faith – an ancient philosophy that arose in the Senegambian region of west Africa. We will see parallels between the ancient Serer faith, its belief in reincarnation, to the eastern dharmic faiths.
The Serer refer to the God energy responsible for creation as Roog (Roog Sene)- the creator of the universe. Roog like the Brahman of Vedanta is an impersonal, infinite god energy. Like the Akan and other African philosophies the Serer too are more monistic not monotheistic. They do not externalize the god energy.