Summary African History Quickies – Episode 10 – Ethiopia Defeats Italy,Part VThe story of false treaties, the First Italo-Ethiopian War – and the battle of Adwa.Featuring: Menelik II; Ethiopia; Italy; Tigray; Amharic; King Umbreto II; AddisAbaba; Adwa; Eritrea; and much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Apr 18, 2021
20 min
Summary African History Quickies – Episode 9 – Ethiopia Defeats Italy,Part ivThe history of the Ethiopian ruling dynasty. Ethiopia’s link to OrthodoxChristianity, King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.Reference list will be provided with the last episode of this series.Featuring: Menelik II; Abyssinia; Ethiopia; Italy; Haile Selassie; Yohannes IV;King Solomon; Queen of Sheba; Menelik I; Orthodox Christianity; MountEntoto; and much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Feb 9, 2021
9 min
Summary Christmas and Hanukkah Special – Episode 5 – Date of ChristmasWe provide a quick-look summary of the history Christianity in North Africa.The rest and the big part of the episode looks at how the Date for Christmas Day waschosen.Featuring: Tertullian; Christmas; Gregorian Calendar; Rome; Augustus; Perpetua;Clement of Alexandria; Origen of Alexandria; Marcion; Ethiopia; Eastern OrthodoxChurch; Cyprian, Athanasius and Augustine of Hippo; and much more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Dec 23, 2020
13 min
Summary African History Quickies – Episode 8 – Ethiopia Defeats Italy,Part iiiOn this episode, Italy and Ethiopian fight over Eritrea.Ethiopian engages in Holy War. Italy fails to accomplish her goals in the battlefield.The Bibliography (Further Reading List) will come with the last episode of theEthiopia Defeats Italy seriesFeaturing: Ethiopia; Eritrea; Italy; Esma’il Pasha; the Madhi; Mahummad AhmadAbd Allah; Yohannes IV; Menelik II; Battle of Dogali; and much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Dec 8, 2020
8 min
Summary African History Quickies – Episode 7 – Ethiopia Defeats Italy,Part iiThis is the second episode of our Ethiopia Defeats Italy mini-series.Who is Isma’il Pasha? And how did his actions eventually lead to a dishonestagreement between Britain and Ethiopia – an agreement that would see bothEthiopia and Italy promised Eretrea at the same time.How can that not lead into a clash.A Further Reading List for this mini-series will be published with the lastepisode of the series.Featuring: Ethiopia; Italy; Yohannes IV; France; Britain; Eretrea; Isma’ilPasha the Magnificent; the Madhi; and much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Dec 8, 2020
13 min
Summary African History Quickies – Episode 6 – Ethiopia Defeats Italy,Part iThis is the first episode of our mini-series on the First Italo-Ethiopian War.How come is Ethiopia’s victory against Italy in this war not well-known?Many people know that Ethiopia was never colonised (though, that is not100% true). However they do not know about the war and the victory thatcontributed to Ethiopia remaining independent from colonisation.A Further Reading List will be provided with the last episode of the EthiopiaDefeats Italy mini-series.Featuring: Italy; Ethiopia; Emperor Menelik II; Haile Selasie; Mussolini;Horn of Africa; Red Sea; and much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nov 20, 2020
13 min
Summary African History Quickies – Episode 5 – BokassaOn this Quickie episode, we tell the story of the 2 nd President and ruler of theCentral African Republic. It is a gripping story, filled with strange happeningsand deeds. But, ultimately, it is a sad story of too much power, greed,corruption, and incompetence.Featuring: Jean-Bedel Bokassa; Central African Republic; France; Napoleon;Christianity; and much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Oct 24, 2020
9 min
Summary African History Quickies – Episode 4 – State of IndigenousAfrican ReligionsOn this quickie episode we define and discuss the status indigenous religionsin Africa.Featuring: Indigenous African religions; Christianity; Islam; and much moreFurther Reading:1. Britannica. African Religions.Https://www.britannica.com/topic/African-religions2. Olupona, J. 2015. The Spirituality of Africa. The Harvard Gazette.https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/10/the-spirituality-of-africa/3. Van Beek, W.E.A. 2020. African Indigenous Religions. OxfordResearch Encyclopaedias. (published March 2020)4. Van Klinken, A; Ndzovu, H.J; & Grillo, L.S. 2019. Religions inContemporary Africa: An Introduction. Published by Routlegde See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Oct 17, 2020
4 min
Summary African History Quickie – Episode 3 – Arab Conquest of NorthAfricaThis episodes tells the story of the Arabic conquest of the territory of North Africa.Listen to find out how the conquest took place; what was the theological basis for the early Islamic conquests; how large the extent of the conquest was…and much much more.Featuring: Islam; the Berbers; Byzantine Empire; Persian Empire; Iran;Turkey, Roman Empire; and much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Sep 29, 2020
8 min
Summary African History Quickies – Episode 2 – The Bamum Writing System of CameroonOn this quickie episode we discuss the Bamum script of Cameroon: how was it created; how was it lost; AND what is being done to restore it.The Bamum Scripts and Archives Project website:https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP051/searchFeaturing: Cameroon; Bamum script; the Tikar; the Mbum; the British; the French; King Njoya; and much more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Sep 21, 2020
4 min
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