Religion, politics and the search for identity in a postcolonial society (Black Africa case)

The article examines relationships between religion and politics in Africa. Various religions and churches in postcolonial Africa serve to various social and political strategies. Religious thought and actions inspired by it strongly influence the social life of African countries over the last decades. Religion takes upon itself the implementation of integrative functions of society and mass socialization of a person, it promotes social and cultural protest movements, moulds peoples collective consciousness and their collective memory.