Abstract
The origin of the worship of the Black Church is in the ancient African cultural and religious traditions. African peoples are the original ancestors of Black people anywhere, if not indeed all peoples everywhere. For the most part, scientists support the most verifiable evidence that the cradle of civilization was first rocked, so to speak, in Africa. The African, consequently, is the prototype of the human species—the species extending back over 3 1/2 million years. African peoples, “burnt black with heat,” created the first cultures and developed the first civilizations on earth. From the central region of East Africa in the Ouduval Gorge of the Rift Valley, an area including Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia, even a part of Zaire, indeed, from Egypt on the north to the Nysa Rift in the south, the first locations of the original ancestors, the Anu peoples, have been identified. From this arena, peoplekind emerged and branched off in movements across the length and breadth of Africa. The people on the land now called Egypt, from “kermit” or “Black,” originated in the interior of Africa. They had migrated northward along the Rift Valley of the Nile River to the sea. Another term which identifies a major branch of African peoples is Bantu, a word meaning people. The Bantu migrated southward along the Rift into southern Africa. By the year 10,000 B.C., the Bantu arrived on the West Coast of Africa. The ancient African cultural and religious traditions spread throughout the continent. African peoples are nortoriously religious and carry their religion into every area and department of life.