Santeria, a religion that combines Catholicism with the Yoruba religion of West Africa, is widely practiced in Cuba. What influenced its development?

Santeria developed in Cuba as enslaved West Africans brought Yoruba religious traditions to the island. Those traditions blended with Catholic practices under Spanish colonial rule, so the Atlantic slave trade was central to Santeria’s development. Chicano activism, Puerto Rican artists, and xenophobia do not explain this religious blending.

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