Christianity in Africa has taken many forms and has traditions and books that are unfamiliar to most of us in the United States. Black Heritage is as varied as it is interesting.
From http://www.kebranegast.com/
"The Kebra Nagast (The Glory of Kings), is an account written in Ge'ez of the origins of the Solomonic line of the Emperors of Ethiopia. The Kebra Negast is one of the oldest text of linage in Africa and is at least seven hundred years old, and is revered by many Ethiopian Christians and Rastafarians. Just as the Tarikh Ul Sudan is for Islamic history. Not only does it contain an account of how theQueen of Sheba met Solomon, and about how the Ark of the Covenant came to Ethiopia with Menelik I, but contains an account of the conversion of the Ethiopians from the worship of the sun, moon, and stars to the current Tewahedo Church (Ethiopian Orthodox Church)"
You should also look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebra_Nagast
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