Buddhisme di Afrika: Perbedaan antara revisi

{{Buddhisme|sejarah}}[[Image:Nan Hua Main Temple.jpg|thumb|[[Kuil Nan Hua]] di [[Bronkhorstspruit]], Afrika Selatan adalah pagoda Buddha terbesar di Afrika.]]

[[Afrika Selatan]] adalah negara dengan jumlah umat Buddha terbanyak di benua tersebut. Menurut perkiraan tahun 2010, penganut Buddhisme (termasuk pula [[Taoisme]] dan kepercayaan tradisional Cina) jumlahnya antara 0,2%<ref name="The Pew Forum">{{cite web|url=http://features.pewforum.org/grl/population-percentage.php#|title=Global Religious Landscape - Religious Composition by Country|publisher=The Pew Forum|accessdate=28 July 2013|archive-date=2013-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101080244/http://features.pewforum.org/grl/population-percentage.php|dead-url=yes}}</ref> sampai 0,3%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_207_2.asp|title=Religious Adherents, 2010 – South Africa|publisher=World Christian Database|accessdate=28 July 2013}}</ref> dari penduduk Afrika Selatan, atau antara 100.000 hingga 150.000 orang. Negara dan teritori Afrika di pesisir Samudra Hindia juga memiliki minoritas Buddhis yang signifikan. [[Mauritius]] merupakan negara dengan persentase umat Buddha tertinggi di benua ini yaitu sebesar 1,5%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_147_2.asp|title=Religious Adherents, 2010 – Mauritius (0.2% Buddhist + 1.3% Chinese Folk Religion)|publisher=World Christian Database|accessdate=28 July 2013}}</ref> hingga 2%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adherents.com/adhloc/Wh_202.html |title=Buddhism in Mauritius (1981) |publisher=Adherents.com |accessdate=20 November 2011 |archive-date=2018-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225034007/http://www.adherents.com/adhloc/Wh_202.html%20 |dead-url=yes }}</ref> dari total populasinya. [[Madagaskar]] memiliki jumlah umat Buddha sekitar 20.000 orang.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=141 |title=religiousintelligence.co.uk - Madagascar |access-date=2008-04-06 |archive-date=2008-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406130243/http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=141 |dead-url=no }}</ref> (atau kira-kira 0,1%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_137_2.asp|title=Religious Adherents, 2010 - Madagascar|publisher=World Christian Database|accessdate=28 July 2013}}</ref> dari total populasi). Di [[Seychelles]] dan [[Réunion]], pemeluk agama Buddha sekitar 0,1%<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://seychellestour.com/seychelles-guide/religion/ |title=Seychelles Travel Guide - Religion |access-date=2013-08-12 |archive-date=2017-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222080750/http://seychellestour.com/seychelles-guide/religion/ |dead-url=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_199_2.asp|title=Religious Adherents, 2010 - Seychelles|publisher=World Christian Database|accessdate=28 July 2013}}</ref> hingga 0,2%<ref name="The Pew Forum"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_184_2.asp|title=Religious Adherents, 2010 – Réunion |publisher=World Christian Database|accessdate=28 July 2013}}</ref> dari populasi.

Terdapat pula beberapa pusat agama Buddha atau wihara di negara-negara Sub-Sahara Afrika, yaitu di: Botswana,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buddhanet.info/wbd/search.php?keyword=&search=Search&country_id=79|title=List of Buddhist centers in Botswana|publisher=BuddhaNet|accessdate=28 July 2013}}</ref> Kamerun,<ref name="BuddhaNet">{{cite web|url=http://www.buddhanet.info/wbd/search.php?keyword=&search=Search&country_id=30|title=List of Buddhist centers in Cameroon|publisher=BuddhaNet|accessdate=28 July 2013}}</ref> Pantai Gading,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buddhanet.info/wbd/search.php?keyword=&search=Search&country_id=30|title=List of Buddhist centers in Cameroon|publishername="BuddhaNet|accessdate=28 July 2013}}<"/ref> Ghana,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buddhanet.info/wbd/search.php?keyword=&search=Search&country_id=33|title=List of Buddhist centers in Ghana|publisher=BuddhaNet|accessdate=28 July 2013}}</ref> Guinea,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2012/af/208156.htm|title=state.gov |publisher=state.gov |date=|accessdate=28 Juy 2013}}</ref> Kenya,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buddhanet.info/wbd/search.php?keyword=&search=Search&country_id=32|title=List of Buddhist centers in Kenya|publisher=BuddhaNet|accessdate=28 July 2013}}</ref> Lesotho,<ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71308.htm state.gov]</ref> [[Liberia]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2011/af/192727.htm |title=state.gov |publisher=state.gov |date=|accessdate=28 July 2013}}</ref> Malawi,<ref name="Amitofo Care Center, Malawi">[http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=71,3256,0,0,1,0#.UfWVTdLIZIM Amitofo Care Center, Malawi]</ref><ref>[http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id name=71,3256,0,0,1,0#.UfWVTdLIZIM "Amitofo Care Center, Malawi]<"/ref> Mali,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buddhanet.info/wbd/search.php?keyword=&search=Search&country_id=34|title=List of Buddhist centers in Mali|publisher=BuddhaNet|accessdate=28 July 2013}}</ref> Namibia,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2011/af/192741.htm |title=state.gov - Namibia|publisher=state.gov |date=|accessdate=28 July 2013}}</ref> [[Nigeria]]<ref>[http://news2.onlinenigeria.com/news/general/81936-being-buddhist.html Nigeria News - Being Buddhist]</ref> Senegal, Sierra Leone,<ref>[http://www.sgi.org/news/events/events2009/events090823c.html SGI-Sierra Leone Hosts Buddhist Seminar]</ref> Swaziland,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=71,11014,0,0,1,0#.Ufb83NLIZIM|title=First Buddhist funeral in Swaziland|publisher=Times of Swaziland|accessdate=28 July 2013}}</ref> Tanzania,<ref>[http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2012/af/208204.htm state.gov - Tanzania], [http://www.buddhanet.info/wbd/search.php?keyword=&search=Search&country_id=35 List of Buddhist centers in Tanzania]</ref> Togo,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sgiquarterly.org/country2006Jly-1.html |title=Fostering Peace in Togo |access-date=2013-08-12 |archive-date=2017-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401014424/http://www.sgiquarterly.org/country2006Jly-1.html |dead-url=yes }}</ref> Uganda,<ref>[http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=71,5414,0,0,1,0#.UfcVy9LIZIM First Buddhist center in Uganda]</ref> Zambia,<ref>[http://www.sgi.org/news/events/events2012/buddhist-study-exams-zambia-korea-usa.html Buddhist Study Exams Held in Zambia, Korea and the USA]</ref> dan Zimbabwe.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2012/af/208212.htm|title=state.gov |publisher=state.gov |accessdate=30 Juy 2013}}</ref>

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, seorang aktor Inggris keturunan Nigeria merupakan salah satu orang Afrika yang berpindah keyakinan dan memeluk agama Buddha.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/19172-60-seconds-adewale-akinnuoye-agbaje |title=Salinan arsip |access-date=2013-08-12 |archive-date=2011-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816013049/http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/19172-60-seconds-adewale-akinnuoye-agbaje |dead-url=yes }}</ref> Terdapat seorang biksu Afrika asli yaitu Bhante Buddharakkhita dari Uganda yang turut memelopori didirikannya Uganda Buddhist Centre.