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Title: | The African Civilisation and the Crystallisation of Early Christian Ideas: A Historical Perspective |
Author: | Ochwada, Hannington |
Year: | 1996 |
Periodical: | Afrika Zamani: revue annuelle d'histoire africaine = Annual Journal of African History (ISSN 0850-3079) |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 129-143 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic terms: | Subsaharan Africa Africa |
Subjects: | African culture Christianity History and Exploration Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Religion and Witchcraft History, Archaeology history Civilization |
Abstract: | This article acknowledges that Africa is the progenitor of humanity and world civilization. It postulates that early Christianity is a product of African religious ideas, thoroughly reworked and perfected in early Egypt, and appropriated by the Europe of antiquity. Furthermore, the article exposes the myths perpetuated by Western imperialist historiography, which has caused Western writers and their fans to regard the West as the chief architect of world civilization, with roots in the 'Greek miracle'. Bibliogr., ref. |