PART 1: ORIGINS & EARLY BIBLICAL AFRICA

 1. Pre-Genesis Era (200,000+ BC)

• Event: First humans appear

• African Connection: Scientific origin of Homo sapiens in East Africa (Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia/Kenya region)

• Note: Not in Bible, but aligns with truth of life beginning in Africa

• Visual Idea: Map with “Out of Africa” migration arrows + ancient human skulls

 2. Genesis 2 – The Garden of Eden

• Event: Description of Eden with rivers including Gihon (around Cush)

• Verse: Genesis 2:10–14

• African Connection: Cush = ancient Nubia/Sudan region; Eden partly linked to Africa

• Visual Idea: River system flowing through ancient Africa and Mesopotamia

 3. Genesis 10 – Descendants of Noah (Table of Nations)

• Event: Origins of nations after the flood

• Verse: Genesis 10:6–7

• African Connection:

  • Cush, Mizraim, Put, Canaan = African nations

  • Mizraim = Egypt, Cush = Nubia, Put = Libya

• Visual Idea: Family tree chart with African nations highlighted

4. Abraham & Egypt (c. 2000 BC)

• Event: Abraham flees to Egypt during famine

• Verse: Genesis 12:10

• African Connection: Egypt (Mizraim) as a source of refuge, wealth, and wisdom

• Visual Idea: Scene of Abraham entering Pharaoh’s palace with African royalty style

 5. Joseph in Egypt (c. 1900–1800 BC)

• Event: Joseph becomes ruler in Egypt

• Verse: Genesis 41

• African Connection: Joseph rises to power in African empire

• Visual Idea: Joseph with Pharaoh in African architectural setting (pyramids, Nile)

 6. Moses & His Cushite Wife (c. 1500 BC)

• Event: Moses marries a Cushite woman

• Verse: Numbers 12:1

• African Connection: Shows interracial or interethnic marriage to an African woman

• Visual Idea: Moses and Zipporah with Ethiopian or Nubian visual elements

7. Exodus – Israelites in Egypt (c. 1300 BC)

• Event: Enslavement and liberation of Israelites from Egypt

• Verse: Exodus 1–14

• African Connection: Israel lived, suffered, and left an African land

• Visual Idea: Exodus journey with pyramids, desert, and Red Sea visuals

(Part 2):

• Queen of Sheba (Ethiopia) and Solomon

• Cushite warriors in Kings and Isaiah

• African nations in prophecies

• Ethiopian eunuch in Acts

• Early African Christianity (Ethiopia, Egypt, Nubia)

• African Church Fathers (Tertullian, Augustine, Origen)

AFRICA – THE TRUE CRADLE OF HUMANITY

•  200,000+ BC

• “Science confirms all humans trace back to East Africa.”

•  Map with “Out of Africa” arrows and early human illustrations

• “Before Genesis, there was Africa.”

2: EDEN TO CUSH – AFRICA IN THE BEGINNING

•  Genesis 2:13 – “The Gihon river flowed around the land of Cush.”

•  Ancient map showing Eden rivers reaching into Cush (Nubia/Sudan)

• “Eden wasn’t Europe—it touched Africa.”

3: THE AFRICAN NATIONS IN NOAH’S FAMILY TREE

•  Genesis 10:6 – “The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.”

•  Family tree with Cush = Nubia, Mizraim = Egypt, Put = Libya

• “Africa didn’t come later. Africa was the foundation.”

4: ABRAHAM FOUND REFUGE IN AFRICA

•  Genesis 12:10 – “There was famine... so Abraham went to Egypt.”

•  Scene of Egyptian palace with black Pharaohs

• “Africa gave shelter before empires rose.”

 5: JOSEPH – VIZIER OF AN AFRICAN EMPIRE

•  Genesis 41 – “Joseph ruled under Pharaoh in Egypt.”

• Joseph with Pharaoh in African setting—ankhs, pyramids, Nile

• “God’s plan worked through Africa.”

6: MOSES MARRIED A CUSHITE WOMAN

• Numbers 12:1 – “Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses for marrying a Cushite woman.”

• Artistic depiction of Moses with an Ethiopian/Nubian queen

• “The Bible never feared Black beauty—men did.”

 7: THE EXODUS — OUT OF AFRICA

• Exodus 12–14 – “They left Egypt... and crossed the Red Sea.”

• Israelites leaving Egypt (African land) with pyramids in background

• “Africa shaped the journey of God’s people.”