Christianity and Islam did not arrive in Africa as neutral belief systems. They arrived alongside trade, conquest, and empire—and they reshaped how power worked on the continent.

In this episode, we examine how foreign religions reordered African authority, law, gender roles, and obedience. We explore how Christianity aligned with colonial administration, how missionary education produced African intermediaries for empire, and how Islam integrated into ruling classes, reshaping governance and inheritance systems. We look at what was lost when indigenous spiritual systems, once embedded in community accountability, balance, and shared authority, were displaced.