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God

God. ACHOLI (Uganda) : Jok ARUSHA (Tanzania) :  Engai ASANTE (Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire) : Nyame AZANDE (Sudan) : Mbori or Mboli BAMBARA (Mali) : Jalang BULU ( Cameroon ): Mebee. God. DOGON ( Burkina Faso , Mali ): Amma DUALA ( Cameroon ): Loba, Owasi, Iwonde EMBU ( Kenya ): Ngai

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God

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  1. God • ACHOLI (Uganda): Jok • ARUSHA (Tanzania):  Engai • ASANTE (Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire): Nyame • AZANDE (Sudan): Mbori or Mboli • BAMBARA (Mali): Jalang • BULU (Cameroon): Mebee

  2. God • DOGON (BurkinaFaso, Mali): Amma • DUALA (Cameroon): Loba, Owasi, Iwonde • EMBU (Kenya): Ngai • EWE (Benin, Ghana, Togo): Mawu • FANTI (Ghana):  Nyame • FON (Benin): Mawu-Lisa

  3. God • GIKUYU (Kenya): Murungu, Ngai • IBIBIO (Nigeria): Abassi, Chuku • IGBO (Nigeria): Chukwu, Chineke, Olisa bi n’igwé • KPELLE (Liberia): Yala • LUVEDU (South Africa): Mwari • MOSSI (Burkina Faso):  Winnam

  4. God • NDEBELE (Zimbabwe): Mwali • NUER (Sudan): Kwoth • NUPE (Nigeria): Soko • OROMO (Ethiopia, Kenya): Waqa • SHONA (Zimbabwe): Mwari, Gore, Runji • SOTHO (Lesotho):  Molimo

  5. God • TSWANA (Botswana, South Africa): Modimo • VAI (Liberia):  Kamba • VENDA (South Africa): Nwali • YAO (Malawi, Mozambique): Mulungu • YORUBA (Nigeria): Olodumare, Olorun, Olofin-Orun

  6. African Views of History & Time • Africans view history as continuum • Time conceptualized through rhythms in nature • Everyday happenings • Events that occur at greater intervals

  7. Reconstructing African History • Written Sources/Documents • Oral Tradition • Archaeology • Anthropology • Linguistics

  8. Writing Systems: Ge’ez

  9. Afan-Oromo: Ethiopia

  10. Amharic: Ethiopia

  11. Mende: Sierra Leone

  12. Nsidibi: Igbo, Nigeria

  13. Vai-Liberia

  14. Kemetu: Egypt

  15. Meroitic Script: Sudan

  16. Edo: Nigeria

  17. Adinkra: Ghana

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