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Dreams and Death in African Mythology: The History of Legends and Folk Stories about Dreams and Death across Africa

Dreams and Death in African Mythology: The History of Legends and Folk Stories about Dreams and Death across Africa

Charles River

Paperback

African History

ISBN13: 9798610795768
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 7 2020
Pages: 76
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.16 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
*Includes pictures
*Includes a bibliography for further reading
The modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenous races by the white man, who had forcefully entered the continent during a particularly hubristic and dynamic phase of European history. When they began to arrive in sub-Saharan Africa in the early 16th century, Christian missionaries replaced established animist practices with the tenets of Christianity. This was particularly true for the Catholics who offered a faith promising eternal paradise upon the simple confession of sin. In an age of slavery, disease, and inter-tribal warfare when life was unembellished, brutal, and usually short, this was a particularly seductive message. Add to this the ritual inherent in Catholic worship, the drinking of blood and the eating of flesh, and the susceptibilities of a society defined by elaborate religious rituals, and the conversion succeeded with extraordinary ease.

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