Many Africans are proud of Ethiopia for being the only African nation that was never colonised.
However, they rarely say anything about how when Ethiopia defeated European colonial invaders at the Battle of Adwa in 1896, the Ethiopian army was actually marching under the banner of the Christian Orthodox Church.
This was not even a result of modern European colonisation either, as Ethiopia converted to Christianity 1200 years before transatlantic slavery and 1500 years before Africa’s colonisation, around the same time the Roman Empire was only just beginning to tolerate the faith.
In fact, Coptic Christianity in Ethiopia and ancient Egypt developed entirely independently of European colonial influence.
The Nubian kingdoms of Sudan converted to Christianity in the 6th century AD, influenced by Egyptian Coptic and Ethiopian Christian missionaries. The resulting Nubian Christianity persisted for nearly 1000 years, only gradually giving way to Islam after the 13th-14th centuries.
It was actually Islam that prevented Ethiopia and Egypt from spreading Christianity across the Sahel and into West Africa.
It’s true that Western/Protestant Christianity spread through colonial missionary activity in Sub-Saharan Africa. In places like Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, the modern religious landscape was shaped by European missionaries and colonial institutions. But that doesn’t take away from 1500 years of indigenous African Christianity.
So, while Christianity is not originally African, it’s also not originally European, having originated in the Levant in West Asia. In fact, large parts of Africa were Christian before many parts of northern and eastern Europe were.
So, when we focus on just one screenshot of Christianity’s spread by European colonisers as the whole story, it erases a rich chapter of African history while attempting to defend it.
The bigger picture is that there was a continuous tradition of African Christianity that existed for centuries as an African phenomenon, completely independent of Europe.
I’m ngl I only did brief research about Michael’s Lupus a few years ago but I did more digging this morning… I’m blown away by how easy it was to find out his lupus was to blame for like 70% of the surgeries he had on his nose yet ppl still claim he was simply addicted.
The African continent doesn’t need more entrepreneurs. It’s full of them.
What it needs is a specific class of entrepreneurs called industrialists: business people who build value-adding firms in export-oriented job creating sectors, not rent capture.
Lizzo will end up having the last laugh.
She's steadily becoming one of America's most recognizable women and her smile, demeanor and generally non threatening/friendly nature has a very familiarly nostalgic comfort to it.
She can VERY EASILY cllleeeaaaaaar the spot as soon as she slides into daytime TV/hospitality.
Yitty is great tbh, but that market is over saturated.
Lizzo has alot more equitable American branding power than the Kardashians tbh...
I wouldnt buy pantry staples and homewares from the Kardashians but i would buy Lizzo's.
The Minute she makes her
Oprah x Ricki Lake x Martha Stewart x Kroger crossover
you faggots will pay the price
Trust me, Lizzo is playing the long game.