The Role of Christianity In African Colonization

Groundings

Christian churches are found on virtually every corner across the African world, from the continent to its expansive diaspora, and their role in the affairs of Africans have long been called into question. How did a foreign religious practice gain so much influence across Africa, and why are millions of Africans devoutly following the religion even at the expense of their own indigenous practices? How do the legacies of enslavement and colonization inform Christian thinking, and how do these legacies influence the neo-colonialism of the African world today? How do other religious or spiritual practices, like Islam or Voudou, fit into this historical arc?

Actor, director, and producer Onuora Abuah helps us make sense of all this and much more in this conversation.

You can find Onuora's outstanding documentary work on YouTube here, or at KweliTV here.

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Music by the comrade JayOhAye.