I-Caribbean yenye yeendawo zomhlaba apho iinkcubeko ezininzi zifunyenwe. Ukongeza kubantu baseMelika, ukufika kwamakholoni aseSpain kwaye, kamva, ukufika kwamakhoboka avela eAfrika, kwabangela ukudibanisa kweenkcubeko ezininzi.
La ISantería, Enye yeenkolelo ezixhaphake kakhulu kwiCaribbean, ngumzekelo wokudibana. Nangona inedumela elibi kule minyaka idlulileyo, yinkqubo yenkolelo njengayo nayiphi na enye, ikude kubugqwirha okanye kumlingo omnyama.
I-Santeria ineengcambu zayo Isizwe samaYoruba ukusuka eAfrika. AmaYoruba ahlala kwindawo ngoku eyiNigeria, ngakumlambo iNiger. Babenesakhiwo esinamandla esilungelelaniswe kwizikumkani ezibaluleke kakhulu kwiBenin. Kwangokunjalo, amaYoruba ayengabantu abaphucukileyo abanenkcubeko etyebileyo kunye nokuziphatha okunzulu. Asijongananga neenkolo zamandulo okanye izithethe njengoko bezamile ukusenza sikholelwe.
Ngobukoloniyali baseAfrika ngabantu baseYurophu, amaYoruba atyholwa aza athathwa asiwa kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zaseMelika, ikakhulu kumazwe aseCaribbean naseBrazil. Imithetho yaseSpain ifuna ukuba amakhoboka abhaptizwe ukuze angene eLas Indias kwaye ayenqatshelwe ekusebenzeni iinkolo zawo.
AmaYoruba, ukuthintela esi sithintelo, achonga izithixo zabo zaseAfrika, ezibizwa UOrisha, Izithixo ezilawula imiba eyahlukeneyo yehlabathi, kunye neeNgcwele zabaKatolika, okukhokelela kwinkolo yonqulo eyaziwa ngokuba yiSanteria.
Amazwe apho isenzo seSanteria sixhaphake kakhulu yiCuba, iPuerto Rico, iDominican Republic, iPanama, iVenezuela, iBrazil, iColombia kunye neendawo ezinabemi abaninzi baseSpain eUnited States.
Kuzo zonke, iSanteria yaseCuba yenye yezona zidumileyo kwaye zixhaphakile kwaye yenye yezona zilungelelaniswe.
I-Santeria mva kune-Voodoo (okwangoku itolikwe kakubi xa ibalisa ngomlingo omnyama ayikho enye into) kwiCaribbean baxuba i-voodoo eziswe ngamakhoboka ase-Afrika kunye nobuKatolika obuqhutywa yiSpanish.