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 EWE (Benin, Ghana, Togo): Mawu FANTI (Ghana): Nyame FON (Benin): Mawu-Lisa
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
God NDEBELE (Zimbabwe): Mwali NUER (Sudan): Kwoth NUPE (Nigeria): Soko OROMO (Ethiopia, Kenya): Waqa SHONA (Zimbabwe): Mwari, Gore, Runji SOTHO (Lesotho): Molimo
God TSWANA (Botswana, South Africa): Modimo VAI (Liberia): Kamba VENDA (South Africa): Nwali YAO (Malawi, Mozambique): Mulungu YORUBA (Nigeria): Olodumare, Olorun, Olofin-Orun
African Views of History & Time Africans view history as continuum Time conceptualized through rhythms in nature Everyday happenings Events that occur at greater intervals
Reconstructing African History Written Sources/Documents Oral Tradition Archaeology Anthropology Linguistics
Writing Systems: Ge’ez
Afan-Oromo: Ethiopia
Amharic: Ethiopia
Mende: Sierra Leone
Nsidibi: Igbo, Nigeria
Vai-Liberia
Kemetu: Egypt
Meroitic Script: Sudan
Edo: Nigeria
Adinkra: Ghana