Cult of Uwar Duka

Uwa Duka, the Mother of All, bares many similarities with other West African goddesses and such as Oshun or Mami Wata as well as Afro-Caribbean spirits and Lwe such as Lasirene and Erzulie Freda. Much of the spiritual belief in the region shares many overlapping elements as well as many differences, but the existence of a mother goddess of water and rivers is a consistent theme amongst many ethnic groups in West Africa, pointing perhaps to a shared origin.

The Cult of Uwar Duka claims to be that shared origin. A religious tradition formed around the belief in a supreme feminine goddess who birthed forth all futanari in the world today to serve as powerful warriors against an ancient darkness that sought to destroy all of humanity. Many stories of the cult's tradition speak of ancient futanari warriors armed with enchanted spears and shields who could stand against the most evil and dangerous of spirits and kill the unkillable foes of humanity through their force of will and the strength of their bodies. 

As such, worship of Uwar Duka focuses greatly on a reverence for futanari particularly those who are particularly strong and muscula. The cult is not entirely Futa-Supremacist in it's outlook but gender roles play a huge part in traditional practices for the few remaining believers on the African continent and the wider diaspora of West Africans. Females are primarily seen as mothers of future generations and particularly fertile and "gifted" women may be said to be incarnations of Uwa Duka herself and are particularly revered and sought after by futanari seeking to have strong heirs to their lineages. These women enjoy a relatively high level of power, prestige and independence than their sisters in many other cultural groups, particularly cultures dominated by futanari. In times of crisis women may be called upon to take up arms alongside the futanari warriors but only to defend villages and shrines of particular importance to the cult.

Males meanwhile are viewed by the cult to be entirely surplus to requirement and are used mainly as menial labour and an extra, expendable pair of arms for warfare. The best a man within the cult can expect is to be treated as a treasured pet of the women in the cult and in most cases will be traded around like any other form of property.

Worship of Uwa Duka has waned in the recent past. Particularly with European colonialism and the spread of Christianity and Islam across Africa. Though a few shrines to the goddess still persist having resisted conversion or divergence.