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[German Version] More than ten countries belong to the region of Central Africa (Angola, Burundi, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo [Congo, Republic of], the Democratic Republic of Congo [Congo, Democratic Republic], Ruanda, Chad, Central African Republic; Africa, see map) with an area of 4.6 million km2 and over 120 million inhabitants. Central Africa has suffered from the Arabian and trans-Atlantic slave trade. Christian missions began in the Kingdom of Kongo at the end of the 15th century at the…

[German Version] With the official French name, République du Tchad (Africa, see map), Chad is an interior state in Central Africa; its surface area is 1.284 million km2, with 8.4 million inhabitants (2002); the capital is NʾDjamena (950, 000); the administrative languages are French and, since 1982, Arabic; the population consists of: 30% Sara, 23% Arabized peoples (in the north), 15% Arabs, Mbaye, NʾGambaye, Madjingaye, Daye, Goulaye, Kaba, Fulani, Massa, Mboum, Laka, Moundang, Marba, Toupouri, and others. In the 19th century, there were three kingdoms: Waddai, Kanem-B…

[German Version] (République Centrafricaine) is an interior state in Central Africa. It has an area of 622,984 km2 and 3.9 million inhabitants (2003); its capital is Bangui (0.8 million); its official language is French, its national language Sango. The population consists of: 25% Gbaya, 24% Banda, 14% Mandjia, 8% Sara, 8% Mbaka, Sango, Yakoma, Zande, Kare, Pygmies, and others. From 1890, the country was administered as the colony of Ubangui-Schari in the Federation of French Equatorial Africa; in 1960, it gained independence under David Dacko. A…

[German Version] I. Sources in Antiquity – II. Early Church – III. Eastern Churches – IV. Western Churches – V. Present – VI. Legal Issues – VII. Church Music Training I. Sources in Antiquity There is one lone musical reference (Gen 4:21) in the earliest OT strata, suggesting a minor role for music in Israel before c. 1200 bce. With the migration into Canaan, Israelite music-making flourished as exemplified by evidence of dirges (2 Sam 1:19–27), war songs (Num 21:14f.), victory songs (Exod 15:1–18, 20), magical incantations …