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{{Infobox organization<br />
| name = African Theological Archministry<br />
| abbreviation = A.T.A.<br />
| image = African Theological Archministry logo.png<br />
| caption = <br />
| type = 501c(3) NPO<br />
| status = Active<br />
| headquarters = [[Oyotunji]], [[South Carolina]], U.S.<br />
| language = English<br />
| leader_title = Chief Executive Officer<br />
| leader_name = Oba Adejuyigbe Adefunmi II<br />
| leader_title2 = Executive Director<br />
| leader_name2 = Olofundeyi Olaitan<ref>{{cite news |title=The Spirits That Protect Key West |url=http://thebluepaper.com/the-spirits-that-protect-key-west/ |publisher=The Blue Paper {{!}} Meetings Coverage and Press Releases | work = www.oyotunji.org | date = 22 December 1970}}</ref><br />
| affiliations = [[Oyotunji]] African Village (O.A.V.)<br />
| established = {{start date and age|1970|03|01|df=years}}<br />
| revenue = less than $50,000<br />
| footnotes = <br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.oyotunji.org}}<br />
}}<br />
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The '''African Theological Archministry (ATA)''' is a charitable and spiritual 501(c)3 [[nonprofit organization]] chartered in the state of South Carolina in 1980. It spawned as a cultural, historical and spiritual movement in New York in the 1970s from the "Sango Temple", a branch of the ancient spiritual traditions of the ancient [[Yoruba religion|Isese of the Yoruba]] and [[West African Vodun|Vodun of the Fon]] that was founded by [[Adefunmi|Oba Efuntola Oseijeman Adefunmi I]], born [[Adefunmi|Walter Eugene King]] in Detroit, MI.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Deolu|title=Must See! The Village in America where the Yoruba culture is being practiced.|url=http://www.informationng.com/2015/09/see-the-village-in-america-where-the-yoruba-culture-is-being-practiced-photos.html|website=Information Nigeria|accessdate=8 January 2018|date=September 11, 2015}}</ref><br />
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In 1970, King was crowned "Oba" in West Africa and took the regal name "Oba Efuntola Adelabu Adefunmi I". He then moved the congregation of practitioners that had grown around him to [[South Carolina]], where they subsequently founded the [[Oyotunji]] community.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Matthews|first1=Carol|title=New Religions|date=2009|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1438106458|page=91|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=stQQJlV9FT8C|accessdate=8 January 2018}}</ref> The group has grown over the years, having nineteen affiliated centers in the United States in 1988.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Murphy|first1=Larry|last2=Melton|first2=J. Gordon|last3=Ward|first3=Gary|title=Encyclopedia of African American Religions|date=November 20, 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1135513382|page=26|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fxsmAgAAQBAJ|accessdate=8 January 2018}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Oyotunji|Oyotunji African Kingdom]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:African-American history of South Carolina]]<br />
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[[Category:Religious belief systems founded in the United States]]<br />
[[Category:Yoruba-American history]]<br />
[[Category:Yoruba religion]]<br />
[[Category:New religious movements established in the 1970s]]<br />
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