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The [[Rome|ancient Romans]] used the name ''Africa terra'' — "land of the Afri" (plural, or the singular ''Afer'') — for the northern part of the continent, corresponding to modern-day [[Tunisia]], where the [[Africa (province)|Roman province of Africa]] was located. The origin of ''Afer'' may be the [[Phoenicia|Phoenician]] '''afar'', meaning "dust"; the Afridi tribe, a [[Berber people|Berber]] tribe who dwelt in Northern Africa around the area of [[Carthage]]; the [[Greek language|Greek]] {{Greek Name3|Αφρική|aphrike}}, meaning "without cold"; or the [[Latin]] ''{{Latin Name2|aprica}}'', meaning "sunny." [[Judaism|Jewish]] historian [[Flavius Josephus]] asserted that Africa was named for [[Epher]], a grandson of [[Abraham]] through his son [[Midian]] ({{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=25|verses=4}}), whose descendants, he says, had invaded [[Libya]]. | The [[Rome|ancient Romans]] used the name ''Africa terra'' — "land of the Afri" (plural, or the singular ''Afer'') — for the northern part of the continent, corresponding to modern-day [[Tunisia]], where the [[Africa (province)|Roman province of Africa]] was located. The origin of ''Afer'' may be the [[Phoenicia|Phoenician]] '''afar'', meaning "dust"; the Afridi tribe, a [[Berber people|Berber]] tribe who dwelt in Northern Africa around the area of [[Carthage]]; the [[Greek language|Greek]] {{Greek Name3|Αφρική|aphrike}}, meaning "without cold"; or the [[Latin]] ''{{Latin Name2|aprica}}'', meaning "sunny." [[Judaism|Jewish]] historian [[Flavius Josephus]] asserted that Africa was named for [[Epher]], a grandson of [[Abraham]] through his son [[Midian]] ({{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=25|verses=4}}), whose descendants, he says, had invaded [[Libya]]. | ||
==History== | ==Ancient History== | ||
=== | ===The start of humanity=== | ||
There are two leading geographical origins of humanity within mainstream evolutionist though. Firstly, is that modern humans ([[homo sapiens]]) arose in one place, namely Africa. The second view is that a pre-modern human [[specie]] migrated out of Africa and evolved in another part of the world. | |||
===Christianity in Africa | There is fruitful evidence of the first view because modern homo sapien types of fossils can be found in Africa, actual stone tools and other modern human inventions lend credibility and lastly the [[DNA]] evidence which suggests an African origin.<ref>[http://www.actionbioscience.org/evolution/johanson.html Origins of Modern Humans: Multiregional or Out of Africa?] Donald Johanson</ref> | ||
====The Creationist model==== | |||
There is another alternative model of origin within science that uses the biblical account of the [[global flood]] as its interpretive base. [[Noah]] and his sons ([[Shem]], [[Ham]], [[Japheth]]) repopulate the [[Earth]] after the flood after settling the land of the region of the [[Mount Ararat|mountains of Ararat]] or what is modern day Iran. | |||
===Cushites=== | |||
==Demographics== | |||
==Christianity in Africa== | |||
[[Christianity]] is no stranger to Africa, having been visited by Jesus himself when his parents fled to [[Egypt]] (a [[North Africa]]n country) to hide from the persecution of [[Herod]]. [[Peter|Peter the Apostle]] baptized an [[Ethiopia]]n eunuch, who may have returned to Africa to spread the [[Gospel]]. According to tradition, Christianity began in Africa in the 1<sup>st</sup> century when [[Mark|Mark the Evangelist]] planted the church in [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]] around 43 AD. | [[Christianity]] is no stranger to Africa, having been visited by Jesus himself when his parents fled to [[Egypt]] (a [[North Africa]]n country) to hide from the persecution of [[Herod]]. [[Peter|Peter the Apostle]] baptized an [[Ethiopia]]n eunuch, who may have returned to Africa to spread the [[Gospel]]. According to tradition, Christianity began in Africa in the 1<sup>st</sup> century when [[Mark|Mark the Evangelist]] planted the church in [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]] around 43 AD. | ||
