RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series -equiano the african?

Dear Professor:

you might add, if you agree, that there was a time when the god of the sundisc (aten) was the only god. That notion may seem heretical to some but not to Jews, Muslims or most Christians

Dr. Mario D. Fenyo
University Professor of American History
Department of History and Government
Bowie State University
Bowie, MD 20715
USA

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Ken:

As unbelievable as it may sound, the Egyptians during a period of royal heresy worshipped a God in the sun disc itself.


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Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:57:27 -0500
From: harrow@msu.edu
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thanks kwabena
i don't have any trouble believing the statement about chukwu residing in the heavens, where the sun and stars etc are located. but in the sun itself?
i wonder about that part of it
ken


On 1/28/13 2:42 PM, Akurang-Parry, Kwabena wrote:


Ken:

The religious cosmology or mythological cosmology of the Akans of Ghana teaches that Onyankopong (God, the Creator) inhabits "soro" or space and sky where the sun, moon, stars, etc. reside. I have not studied Igbo religious and mythological cosmologies, ontology, and worldview, but from a comparative standpoint, Equiano's statement that the Igbos have a "god who dwells in the sun" is true and speaks to the religious beliefs of many precolonial African states and societies. See the classic African Religions and Philosophy by John S. Mbiti.

Kwabena




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i should add that in reading equiano's account, intuitively speaking, and not as a specialist in 18th c igbo, i found his account not credible when describing africa. i know there is a big polemic about this; but i wonder if anyone on this list could also chime in on their intuitive reaction to his account.
ken


On 1/28/13 4:24 AM, ChidiAnthonyOparaPoetry/Quotes wrote:


(Poem By: Chidi Anthony Opara)

I come before you
This hour before dawn
Chukwu.
You, who dwell above,
Below
Is your foot stool.
You, whom the gods
Genuflect in his presence,
Before you I come
Clean,
Devoid of dirt.

Your covenant with my forebears
Bound me to come before you
On this market day,
At this hour
To purge my soul of impurities
Of the period past.
I have washed my body
And rinsed my mouth
With the waters of onu ngara.

No human is worthy
To present sacrifices
And libations in your presence.
My sacrifices
I have presented to the good gods,
My libations
To my ancestors.

I stand before you in awe,
Yet
I must make my confessions
Before the din of dawn.



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