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After centuries of persecution and suppression, African traditional and Diaspora religions are making a powerful comeback in the African-American mainstream. However, unlike their Brazilian, Haitian, Cuban and other North American cousins, African-Americans many who are just beginning their search for the moral truths, sacred philosophy, African rituals and divine meaning bequeathed to them by their ancestors, are searching for concrete facts and the cultural history which reflects their inner truths as oppose to western anthropological assumptions which has historically omitted them. A profound ancestral calling thousands are experiencing daily within their souls, prompting them to search for all available resources which will enlighten and expand their spiritual knowledge base. Often, this search is leading them away from the mainstream (Western) based-faiths forced upon their ancestors during slavery, and more towards the African-centered faiths denied them in America for centuries. A significant number in the Diaspora have even found their spiritual home in many of the African-based faiths, i.e. Afa-Vodoun, Mami Wata, Ifa’Orisha, Akhan, Palo, etc., all vying for their attention, as their ancestors joyously celebrate their return home. This rediscovery has aided many in shedding centuries of negative conditioning and racist mocking, and most are defiantly and openly practicing their African faiths, irregardless of the constant onslaught of sensationalist stereotyping by Hollywood, and the hostile belittlingly by mainstream state supported, Christian media.