HIST 321 — Islam and Christianity in Africa
History · University of Ghana
In this paper an attempt will be made to strike a balance of the influences of the two great monotheistic religions on Africa. The topics include Early Christianity in North and North- Eastern Africa, Islam and the conquest of North Africa, Islam and Christianity in Ethiopia, Islamic expansion in West Africa and East Africa, the growth of Islamic influence through the Sufi Orders, the influence of Christian pietism, i.e., Evangelical revival and the Missionary movement, Islam and reform in the 19th Century: Mahdism in the Sudan, Muslim society and the imposition of European (colonial) rule, the church and the growth of nationalism, Ethiopianism, self rule and church-independence, Church and State in post-colonial Africa.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- HIST 311 — History of Ghana up to 1800
- HIST 313 — History of Africa up to 1500
- HIST 315 — The Black Diaspora
- HIST 317 — Economic History of West Africa: 1700 to 1890
- HIST 319 — Aspects of Early Modern European History
- HIST 323 — Colonial and Modern India Studies
- HIST 326 — History of Africa up to 1800
- HIST 332 — The History of Western Medicine in Ghana
- HIST 334 — Women in History
- HIST 336 — History of Pan-Africanism
- HIST 111 — Earliest Civilizations
- HIST 112 — Selected Topics in World History
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).