In South America, African-Inspired Religions Gain More Followers
[ad_1] By Lucinda Elliott and Candelaria Grimberg MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Thousands of devotees of different African-based religions on Friday flocked to the waterfront of the Uruguayan capital, part of an annual Feb. 2 offering to the Yoruba goddess of fertility and prosperity, Yemanjá. “Water represents a return to freedom, to native Africa,” said Mother Susana…