History of Christianity in Africa Trivia

How much do you know about the ancient, medieval and modern history of Christianity in Africa?

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Hint (Antiquity)	Answer
African city part of the Pentarchy, visited by St. Mark	Alexandria
Term referring to the Christian community in Egypt	Copt
Noblewoman and slave girl who were martyred together in 3rd century Carthage	Perpetua and Felicity
Egyptian legionary martyred in the Alps, who became patron saint of the Holy Roman Empire	Maurice
Phoenician missionary who Christianized Ethiopia in the 4th century	Frumentius
Liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church	Ge'ez
Berber saint who converted from Manichaeism and is one of the the most important Church Fathers	St. Augustine
Oldest continually inhabited monastery in the world, named after a 4th century Egyptian martyr	St. Catherine's Monastery
Ethiopian city which claims to be home to the Ark of the Covenant	Axum

Hint (Medieval to Early Modern)	Answer
Berber Christian kingdom conquered by the Muslims in 708 AD	Altava
Nubian Christian kingdom which established the Baqt Treaty with Egypt that lasted up to 700 years	Makuria
Ethiopian city famous for its rock-hewn churches, designed to be a representation of the New Jerusalem	Lalibela
Central African kingdom converted to Catholicism by the Portuguese in the 15th century	Kongo
Last surviving Christian kingdom in Nubia, conquered by the Muslims in 1500 AD	Alodia
English cleric formerly involved with the African Slave Trade, who became a staunch abolitionist and wrote Amazing Grace	John Newton
19th century Queen of Madagascar who Christianized the royal court during her reign	Ranavalona II
19th century Sudanese slave woman declared a saint in 2000 AD	Josephine Bakhita
Kingdom where the Ugandan martyrs were killed in 1887 AD	Buganda

Hint (Modern Era)	Answer
African-initiated church founded in the Congo in 1921, with over 20 million followers today	Kimbanguist Church
Last emperor of Ethiopia, regarded as the Second Coming of Christ by Rastafarians	Haile Selassie I
Church which gained independence from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in 1991 AD	Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo
Christian majority country which gained independence from the Muslim north in 2011 AD	South Sudan
Conservative cardinal from Guinea once thought to be a potential candidate for Pope	Robert Sarah
Anglican anti-apartheid bishop who passed away in 2021	Desmond Tutu
African country where Christianity is officially the state religion	Zambia
Region of Upper Egypt which is about 40% Christian today, home to a large Protestant community	Minya
Most spoken language among African Christians today	Yoruba
Country with the fastest growing Christian population in Africa today	Algeria

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