Changes and continuities of religious beliefs and practices in Sub-Saharan Africa 1450 to preasent
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Was the begining of Prince Henry the NAvigator's expiditions along Africa. This was the begining of religious influence from the Christans.
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Change and continuity of religion in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Europeans were not able to penitrate central Africa because of its geography and ibecause they would die of the tropical diseases. So many places in central Africa continued their animistic religions.
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Portugal begansetting up forts on African coast as trade ports and places to refule on supplies.
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Portuguese contated Kongo Kingdoms south of the Zaire river and managed to convert the royal family. Nzinga Mvemba (1507-1543) helped Portuguese convert whole kingdom to Christianity. Later changed name to Alfanso I
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Vasco de Gama begins travels to India, would stop in Africa for supplies. This caused the Portugese to begin shareing their views with Africans.
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Was the basis for the Portuguese clony of Angola, traveled along Mozombique Islands for tranding gold, even though the main porpuses were commercialand military, religious missionary efforts were strong.
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!7th century- Dutch, English, French, and other nations competed with the Portuguese for colonies. With all this new compition cultural and religous influence continued.
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Tutu was given the title asantehene which means supreame civil and religious leader.
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Through out the 1770s Sufi Muslim reform movements began to sweep Western Sudan. These reforms impacted the Fulani people.
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Fodio was a Muslimscholar who preached jihad against the Hausa Kings and played a major role in the Fulani people to become Islamic.
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Efforts of Islamization and Fulani expansion felt across much of interior west Africa. New political units tried to eliminate pagan practices.
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The Berlin Conference dividedAfrica for European nations which allowed for colonial rule and direct importations of their religious beliefs.
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Continuation of new religous practices are still in existance in all parts of Africa. Even thoug hthese nations are free the people still kept their religious practices.