Mashahurin Afirka

Sihiri na Afirka shi ne sifa, haɓakawa, da aiwatar da sihiri a cikin al'adu da al'ummar Afirka da ƴan ƙasashen waje.

 Ma'anar kalmar sihiri 
Kalmar sihiri za a iya fahimta kawai a matsayin tana nufin gudanar da dakarun, wanda, a matsayin aiki, ba shi da nauyin ɗabi'a kuma yana aiki ne na tsaka tsaki daga farkon aikin sihiri, amma bisa ga nufin mai sihiri, ana tunanin ya zama kuma ya sami sakamako wanda ke wakiltar ko dai mai kyau ko mara kyau (mummuna).

Al'adun Afirka na d ¯ a sun kasance a cikin al'ada na ko da yaushe gane bambanci tsakanin sihiri, da kuma rukuni na wasu abubuwa, waɗanda ba sihiri ba, waɗannan abubuwa sun kasance magani, duba, maita da sihiri.Volume 306 of European studies on Christian origins

 Dangane da maita 

EK Bongmba ya sami maita, Oracles da Magic a tsakanin Azande ta Evans-Pritchard (wanda aka buga 1937Publication details [Retrieved 2015-12-26]) yana da alhakin rage godiya ga darajar sihiri a matsayin takamaiman batun binciken.Volume 4 of Modernity and belonging Peter Pels (1998) ya bayyana gazawa a cikin tunani makamancin haka wanda ya samo asali daga karkatar da hankali kan mummunan al'amari na maita mai wakiltar tarin sihiri.

 Kwatanta da addini 
Ra'ayi ya bambanta a kan yadda addini da sihiri ke da alaƙa da juna ta fuskar ci gaba, ko kuma wanda ya samo asali daga wanene. Wasu suna ganin sun ɓullo tare ne daga asali ɗaya; wasu suna tunanin addini ya samo asali ne daga sihiri; wasu kuma suna tunanin sihiri ya samo asali ne daga addini.

 Nau'ukan 
Akwai nau'i biyu na sihiri, mai kyau, ko sihiri waɗanda ake amfani da su don kyautatawa da haɓaka rayuwa, da kuma mummuna, wanda ake amfani da shi don cutarwa ko kuskure ko mummuna . 

 Matsayi 
Matsayin gargajiya da ke da alaƙa da sihiri a cikin al'ummar Afirka shine likitan - mai duba, mai yin ruwan sama,  da mai sihiri. 

 Magunguna maza 
Waɗannan su ne mafi sauƙin fahimtar mutane waɗanda ke aiki a cikin tsarin kabilanci a matsayin masu shuka ganye . 

 Mai duba 

 Mai yin ruwan sama 
Ana tsammanin masu yin ruwan sama suna da ikon sihiri, ko da yake suna da waɗannan iko domin su (ikon) Allah ne ko kuma Ruhu Mai Girma ya ba su. Yin ruwan sama wani abu ne da ke bukatar addini da sihiri. 

 Firist-mai sihiri 
Dole ne firist-mai sihiri ya fahimci gaskiyar ta hanyoyi da yawa; fahimtar yanayin yanayi, siffofin makamashi na sararin samaniya, ayyuka na kayan abu.  Firist-mai sihiri ne ke sarrafa ƙarfin yanayi, kuma a yin haka dole ne ya fahimci yadda iko da ƙarfi ke tasiri akan fahimta da wayewar ɗan adam da tunanin mutane.  Yakan cika aikin sa ta hanyar amfani da hankali da sanin hanyar gaba yayin da yake karkashin ikon wani ruhi ko karfi na Ubangiji wanda shi ko ita bawa ne . Molefi Kete Asanti (2008-11-26). Encyclopedia of African Religion. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-1506317861. Retrieved 2015-12-26.

 Anti-roles 

 Masu sihiri 
Dangane da mutanen da ke zaune a yankunan Kudancin Sudan,   an gano cewa wasu mutane da aka gano sun kamu da rashin lafiya ko kuma musiba a wasu lokuta an gano cewa sun shiga hannun matsafa . 

 Magana 

Rukuni:Shafuka masu fassarorin da ba'a duba ba