Niger-Congo Religion Takes Hold Across West Africa
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Ceremonies, Rites, Rituals, Prehistoric Humans
- Curriculum: African History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Nigeria, Cameroon
- Date: c. 6000-c. 5000
Article abstract: The Niger-Congo religion recognized three levels of spirits: ancestral spirits, territorial spirits, and, by the sixth millennium b.c.e., a creator god, suggesting an early manifestation of monotheism.
Summary of Event
The practice among the Niger-Congo-speaking peoples of a religious belief system that included an omnipotent god of creation can be traced back to the sixth millennium b.c.e. These ancient peoples spoke ancestral Niger-Congo languages, inhabited the woodland savanna of West Africa, and produced microlithic stone tools...
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