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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

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Course details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).