Track 04 · Identity & Africa
Beyond the Rivers of Ethiopia
- Sessions
- 10
- Format
- Cohort
- Certificate
- Yes
- Source
- the book and the Heritage Lectures
Who this is for
For Africans and the diaspora asking whether the continent is under a curse.
Ten sessions that answer the question from the Scriptures and from the historical record.
- Students, teachers and church leaders
- Diaspora groups working on identity
- Anyone taught that Africa was cursed
The syllabus
10 of 10 sessions outlined
01
The question of the curse
Where the claim came from.
02
Africa in the Old Testament
The continent in the text itself.
03
Cush, Egypt and the biblical record
Named peoples and named places.
04
Africans in the life of Christ and the early Church
Presence, not footnote.
05
How the doctrine of inferiority was constructed
Tracing the argument to its authors.
06
Reading Scripture without a colonial lens
Method before conclusion.
07
Identity as the precondition of capacity
Why self-understanding comes first.
08
The diaspora and the return
Two halves of one people.
09
What a renewed Africa requires
The practical demands of the argument.
10
Living the argument
Carrying it into work and citizenship.
What’s included
Video sessions
Printable workbook
Source reading list
Discussion guide
The instructor
Mensa Otabil
Founder of the International Central Gospel Church, Chancellor of Central University, and the author of the body of teaching these courses are drawn from. His work has centred on dignity, capacity, structure and stewardship for four decades.
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