African Deities
Akongo - Supreme god of the Ngombe of the Congo
Akovodoun - Cult of the dead in Dahomey
Akuj - Supreme god of the Turkana peoples of Kenya
Amma - Supreme god of the Dogon tribe of Mali
Anansi - Originally a creation god, became the Spider culture hero and trickster
Ataokoloinona - Son of the Supreme god of Madagascar
Balubaale - Collective name for the gods of earth, death, rainbow, lightning and plague in Bagandan (ugandan) belief
Bumba - Creator god of the Bushongo people of the Congo
Cagn (I Kaggen) - ('Praying mantis') creator god of the Bushmen of south Central Africa
Chewzi - Hero gods of the Nyoro of North Uganda
Danh - Snake god of Dahomey. (Also known as Dan Ayido Hwedo - the Haitian god Dan Petro)
Dugbo - Chief god of the earth in Sierra Leone
Dxui - Creator god of the Bushmen of south Central Africa
Fa - God of destiny in Dahomey
Famien - Guinea god of fertility
Ge (Gou) - Moon god of Dahomey
Gu - God of war and smiths of the Fon in West Africa
Gunab - Hottentot god of Evil, the opposite of the good god Heitsi-Eibib
Guruhi - Evil god of Gambia
Heitsi-Eibib - Benign sourcerer god of the Hottentots
Heviosso (Xevioso) - Thunder god of Dahomey, associated with Legba
Huveane - Creator god of the Basuto people of Lesotho
Juok - Creator god of the Shilluk people of East Africa
Kaka-Guia - Bringer of dead souls to the supreme god (psychopomp). Tribes of the Volta area
Kalumba - Creator god of the Luba of Zaire
Kho-dumo-dumo - Demon of the Basuto people of Lesotho
Kokola - Guardian god of Lake Victoria
Kwammang-a - God of the Bushmen of South Central Africa
Kyala - Creator god of the Nyakyusa of South West Tanzinia
Legba - Evil genius of Dahomey
Libanza - Supreme god of the Upotos of the Congo
Lisa - Chameleon deity of Dahomey
Macardit - Demon spirit of the Dink peoples of the Sudan
Massim-Biambe - Omnipotent creator god of the Mundang people of the Congo
Mawu - Chief god of Dahomey
Muluku - Supreme god of the Macouas of Zambesi
Mulungu - Creator god of the Yao of Malawi
Mungo (Mungu) - God of the Giryama of Kenya
Nanan-Bouclou - Haitian god of herbs and medicine
'Ndriananahary - Supreme god of the Malagasy peoples of Madagascar
'Nenaunir - Storm god of the Masai of Kenya
'Ngai - Creator god of the Masai in Kenya
Ngewo-wa - Creator god of the Mende of Sierra Leone
Ngworekara - Demon king of the Fan of the Congo
Nummo - Spirit couple of the Dogon tribe of Mali
Nyambe - God of the Koko of Niagra
Nyambi (Nyambe) - High god of the Barotse of Upper Zambesi
Nyame - High god of the Twi of West Africa
Nyamia Ama - God of storms, rain and lightning of Senegal
Nyankopon (Nyankopon Kweku, Onyankopon) - Sky god of the Ashanti of Ghana
Nyasaye - God of the Maragoli people of Kenya
Nzambi - Great goddess of the Bakongo people of the Congo
Nzame - High god of the Fan people of the Congo
Obassi Osaw - High god of the Hausa of the Niger
Ogun (Ogoun) - God of Iron and Warfare of the Nago and Yoruba people of West Africa
Omumbo-Rombonga - The tree of life of the Herero Bushmen of South west Africa
Rock-Sene - God of the Serer people of Gambia
Ruwa - High god of the Djaga of Kilimanjaro
Sagabata - God of smallpox in Dahomey
Sakurabru - God of medicine, justice and retribution of the Agni people of Guinea
Shango - Storm god of the Yoruba of West africa
Unkulunkulu - High god of the Amazulu. Also known as Nkulnkulu to the Ndevele (both Zimbabwe)
Waka - Benign rain god of the Galla of Ethiopia
We - Supreme god of the Kasena of Upper Volta
Wulbari - Supreme god of the Krachi of West Africa
Wuni - Supreme god of the Dagamba people of Ghana
Adapted from 'A guide to the Gods' by Richard Carlyon
I recommend this book for much much more information on these and other deities
