Another history of Christianity in Africa

The Horniman collections tell a very different story than is usually heard about Christianity in Africa.Find out about how Christianity was practised in Africa several centuries before the arrival of European missionaries, how Africans themselves have embraced, interpreted, and transformed the faith, and when Stormzy took 100,000 people to church at Glastonbury festival.Objects we discuss:nn17962https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/nn17962/ 1973.268https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/1973.268/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Horniman collections tell a very different story than is usually heard about Christianity in Africa.Find out about how Christianity was practised in Africa several centuries before the arrival of European missionaries, how Africans themselves have embraced, interpreted, and transformed the faith, and when Stormzy took 100,000 people to church at Glastonbury festival.Objects we discuss:nn17962https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/nn17962/ 1973.268https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/1973.268/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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