writing a paper on the preservation of African traditional religion among African slaves in north America and ran into this line that I feel I am missing context for

interested in the line about Babylon, I was unaware there was a distinctly African experience of Babylon so I am wondering if this is more of a biblical allusion than a historical one. maybe something else? idk I'm white tbh

Full article for anyone curious. It is a good read that has less citations than it deserves.