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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Maps -- Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Examining The Sources -- Africa In The Study Of Religions -- Structure Of The Work -- 2 Before Adam And Eve: African Religions From The Dawn Of Humanity To The Neolithic Revolution -- Paleolithic Religions -- Neolithic Religions -- Conclusion -- 3 A Religious History Of Ancient Egypt: From Unification To The Reforms Of Akhenaten -- Archaic (3100-2686 Bce) -- First Intermediate Period (2181-2125 Bce) -- Second Intermediate Period (1750-1560 Bce) New Kingdom (from 1560 Bce) -- The Reforms Of Akhenaten -- Reversing Reforms -- Conclusion -- 4 Not Out Of Egypt: Africa From 3200 To 1200 Bce -- Northeast Africa -- North Africa -- West Africa -- Equatorial Africa -- East Africa -- Southern Africa -- Conclusion -- 5 Egypt And The Nile Valley Before The Roman Occupation -- Egypt From The Ramesside Dynasty To The Third Intermediate Period (1320-731 Bce) -- Egypt Under Its Conquerors -- Ptolemaic Egypt -- Nubia -- Conclusion -- 6 Beyond The Nile Basin: African Religious History From 1300 Bce To The Dawn Of The Common Era -- Ethiopia/eritrea North Africa -- The Sahara -- West Africa -- Eastern Sudan And Upper Nile Regions -- Equatorial -- East Africa -- Southern Africa -- Conclusion -- 7 Egyptian Religious Traditions Under Foreign Domination: From The Roman Conquest To The Arab Conquest -- The Early Roman Period -- Christianity, Egyptian Religion, And Roman Persecution -- Egyptian Religious Life Under Christian Hegemony -- Conclusion -- 8 North And Northeast Africa In The Age Of Roman And Byzantine Domination: From The First Century Bce To The Lesser Hijra -- North Africa -- Nubia -- The Horn Of Africa -- Conclusion 9 The Sahara And The South: African Religious History From The Beginnings Of The Common Era To The First Hijra -- East Africa -- Madagascar -- Southern Africa -- Equatorial Africa -- West Africa -- Conclusion -- 10 Conclusion -- Biblio