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02650aam a2200421Ii 4500 001 B4F9910C323411EC8B1165C359ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211021010114 008 201217t20202020sa 000 0 eng d 020 $a 199096057X 020 $a 9781990960574 035 $a (OCoLC)1227078523 040 $a OI@ $b eng $e rda $c OI@ $d OI@ $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d EEM $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 043 $a f-sa--- 050 4 $a BL2400 $b .M37 2020 082 04 $a 200.96 $2 23 100 1 $a Mavimbela, Vusi, $e author. 245 10 $a Africa and the testament of the Gods : $b popular history of kingdoms, slavery and religions in Africa / $c Vusi Mavimbela ; foreword by Ben Turok. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Wandsbeck, South Africa : $b Vusi Mavimbela, $c 2020. 300 $a 181 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "'This is the most unusual history of Africa...... it compares three religious systems: Christianity, Islam and indigenous Africa religions, in their influence on the history of the continent. Mavimbela seeks to demonstrate that all these religions are deeply rooted in the customs, practices and beliefs of the respective societies and that none are superior in their ability to explain the natural phenomena encountered by their adherents... this book is an extended expose of how a conquering power used either Christianity or Islam to establish subjugation over African people... The author hopes that by revisiting the painful detail of that history and its implications, African people might still locate the bearings that might lead them back to their full self-worth'-Prof Ben Turok."--Page 4 of cover. 500 $a "Published by Vusi Mavimbela using Reach Publishers' services."--Title page verso. 505 0 $a Theory of origin -- Creation or evolution -- African kingdoms before christianity and Islam -- The birth of christianity -- Birth of Islam -- Christianity come from Africa -- Slavery, christianity and Islam in Africa -- Bantu religion. 650 0 $a Indigenous peoples $z Africa $x Religion. 650 0 $a Islam $z Africa. 650 0 $a Christianity $z Africa. 650 7 $a Christianity. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00859599 650 7 $a Indigenous peoples $x Religion. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00970253 650 7 $a Islam. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00979776 650 7 $a Religion. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01093763 651 0 $a Africa $x Religion. 651 0 $a Africa $x Religious life and customs. 651 7 $a Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239509 700 1 $a Turok, Ben, $d 1927-2019, $e writer of foreword. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117012712.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B4F9910C323411EC8B1165C359ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search