Aksum: An African Kingdom Written in Stone and Gold
Trade, royal coinage and religious change connected Aksum’s African highlands to the wider ancient world. Its coins and inscriptions reveal rulers presenting their authority through different…
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Asante Architecture: The Courtyards, Crafts and Shrines That Preserve a Kingdom’s History
Read the article: Asante Architecture: The Courtyards, Crafts and Shrines That Preserve a Kingdom’s HistoryAround Kumasi, surviving Asante shrine buildings preserve a distinctive architecture of courtyards, earthen walls and symbolic reliefs. Their history connects skilled makers and religious communities with…
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Lalibela: The Churches Carved into an Ethiopian Landscape
Read the article: Lalibela: The Churches Carved into an Ethiopian LandscapeLalibela’s churches preserve centuries of Ethiopian craftsmanship, religious imagination and change. Archaeology complicates the familiar story of a single royal building campaign, while the carved spaces…
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Sybil Phoenix: fostering, faith and community life in Lewisham
Read the article: Sybil Phoenix: fostering, faith and community life in LewishamSybil Phoenix turned fostering, youth work, housing support and Christian service into lasting institutions in Lewisham. From British Guiana to the Moonshot centre and Marsha Phoenix…
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Desmond Tutu: Faith, Resistance and the Demands of Reconciliation
Read the article: Desmond Tutu: Faith, Resistance and the Demands of ReconciliationDesmond Tutu brought the authority of an Anglican priest to the struggle against apartheid, then helped South Africa confront its violent past. His work on reconciliation,…
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Black Churches in Britain: Worship, Work and Community
Read the article: Black Churches in Britain: Worship, Work and CommunityBlack churches developed through migration, religious conviction and the effort of congregations finding places to worship. Their history includes women’s organising, African and Caribbean traditions, practical…
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Rastafari in Britain: Faith, Community and the Places People Built
Read the article: Rastafari in Britain: Faith, Community and the Places People BuiltRastafari developed in Britain through migration, African connections and collective work. Its history runs through homes, community organisations, film, music and the sacred importance of Fairfield…
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Black Muslim Histories in Britain: Building Communities and Keeping Their Records
Read the article: Black Muslim Histories in Britain: Building Communities and Keeping Their RecordsNigerian student associations, Brixton’s convert-led community and Somali women’s experiences reveal different routes through Black Muslim history. Places of prayer also supported housing, education and family…