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Traditional Religions Timeline

1-1000 AD - Some time in this period Oduduwa, son of supreme God, Olurun (Oludmare), founds dynasty of Kings (Ooni) at Ife.
500 AD - Kintu - semi-divine first Kabaka or king of Baganda.
1st - 2nd Century - Christianity comes to North Africa.
630's - Islam comes to North Africa.
1852 - Calabar slaves successfully resist traditional burial of slaves on death of king.
1856 - Xhosa kill cattle on advice of ancestral spirits.
1886 - Christian pages executed by Kabaka Mwanga.
1896 - Shona ancestral spirit, Ambuya Nehanda, takes human form in fight against British.
1914 - Mourimi movement emerges in Mozambique.
1947 - Mcapi cult founded Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) and Nyasaland (Malawi).
1971 - Shona ancestral spirit, Ambuya Behanda, takes human form to support fight against white minority rule in Rhodesia.