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Ancestors, Spirits and God

Episode 8 of 9

Zeinab Badawi examines the role of religion, and traces the arrival of monotheism in Africa: first Judaism, then early Christianity and finally Islam.

In this episode, Zeinab Badawi examines religion in Africa. First the enduring presence of Africa's indigenous ancestral religions, which millions of people on the continent still adhere to. She travels to Zimbabwe to find out more about a remote community that follows traditional African religion. In Senegal she meets a Muslim man who blends Islamic beliefs with his ancestral ones. She also charts the impact of Judaism and early Christianity in Africa and how Africans in particular made significant contributions to Christian thinking and practice.

50 minutes

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Sun 20 Aug 2017 21:10GMT

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