Many people believe that Christianity or the Bible are Western, imported into Africa in the last couple centuries by European and North American missionaries. However, there are Africans and African places mentioned throughout the Bible, which this work identifies and explains thoroughly.

Africans and Africa have featured in the story of God and his people since ancient times, from Hagar, Phinehas, and the Pharaohs through to the Ethiopian eunuch and the Christians in Antioch. This practical tool is a treasure chest of information about Africans who intersect Old Testament accounts and appear at key moments in the New Testament. 

This book shows the presence and the participation of Africans in the biblical text, helping demonstrate that Christianity is not a "white man's religion," and that Christianity has deep roots in African soil. It looks at all those in the Bible who can legitimately be considered as African, supporting its findings with both ancient and modern scholarship. Extensive appendices indicate precisely the African people and places mentioned either directly or indirectly in the Christian Scriptures, supporting the premise that Africans are not simply recipients of the Gospel message, but they are an integral part of it. It is time for the Church in Africa to recognize its very rich biblical heritage.

1. Introduction
2. Africans in the Old Testament
A. Descendants of Cush (Sudan or “Ethiopia”)
B. Descendants of Mizraim (Egypt)
C. Descendants of Put/Punt (Somalia or Libya)
Putiel
D. Lubim and Ludim (Libya)
3. Africans in the New Testament
The day of Pentecost
People from Cyrene and Alexandria
Simon of Cyrene and Lucius of Cyrene
The Freedmen
The Ethiopian eunuch, a high dignitary
Candace, the Queen of “Ethiopia”
Men from Cyrene
Simeon called Niger
Apollos
4. African places in the Bible
Egypt
The wealth of Egypt
The Sinai Peninsula
The deserts
Goshen
The Nile
“Egypt my people”
Other promises about Egypt
Some African cities
Libya and Put
Pul
Promises concerning Libyans (Pul) and Lydians (Lud)
Cush/“Ethiopia”
Promises concerning Cush/“Ethiopia”
5. Conclusion
Article: The Colour of Christianity
Appendix 1 – Verses which refer to Africa (by order of appearance)
Appendix 2 – Bible references to Africans and people of probable African origin
Appendix 3 – Bible references to African places
Appendix 4 – Bible references to people and places of improbable or disputed African origin
Appendix 5 – Proper names of African people and places in the Bible