Five years ago, I wrote a blog post titled Recommended books for Apologetics in Africa. I limited the discussion to key resources that are written for the African context. Since then, I have edited a book titled Apologetics in Africa: An Introduction to help capture biblical, philosophical, cultural and practical ministry perspectives from top African theologians and scholars. However, in this post I am imagining someone totally new to the discussion on African Apologetics and asking “where can I start?”

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Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to participate in the 6th Pan-African Conference of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians. The conference was hosted by Trinity Theological Seminary in Accra, Ghana, from 1 to 5 July and its theme was Sankofa 2024: Earth, Pandemics, Gender and Religion. I had expected the conference to be a multicultural event, but the reality was even more diverse than I had imagined. This diversity was enriching, but also challenging at times.

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Why study Christian history? Knowledge (or ignorance) of history impacts identity: “a past is vital for all of us—without it, like the amnesiac man, we cannot know who we are” and thus “what is the past of the African Christian” will remain a prime question for African theology (Walls 1978, 13).

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