I am African and we have witchcraft and so my mom has always warned me about dabbling in weird stuff.
People worship Bey in the sense of blind obsession which is common with famous folk...but now she is including worship symbolism and themes.
I am also African, though I was born and raised in the US. All of that stuff about african religions, yoruba, voodoo, witchcraft---all of that stuff is creepy to me. People here see a different side of it and I have been trying to see the beauty of it because I love Beyonce, but your post reminded me... I grew up hearing the creepy stories, one story where they believe my aunt was kidnapped by a witch so that they could cut her up and use her for nefarious reasons.
These things were never looked on as good. Witches were real and scary. Even when I read African mythological stories growing up, I never was interested in worshipping them or being like them. There was always a twist. I've never been able to explore African religions because of these fears. And I never knew until recently that Jesus was more powerful than these witches and demons.
I've been trying to see the beauty in Beys pics and performances, but my initial thoughts were that she is creepy.