The Black Christ

The image of a European Christ is barely five centuries old. The savior who dies and rises, who is born of a sacred mother, who brings light to the world — that story is far older, and its roots run through Africa.

Long before the Renaissance painters gave him pale skin and light hair, the figure of the divine savior moved through the ancient world in a very different form. In Egypt there was Horus, born of Isis, avenger and redeemer. Across the sacred traditions, the same pattern repeats: the miraculous birth, the sacrificed and risen god, the bringer of salvation. What if these are not separate stories — but a single savior tradition whose origins reach back into Africa, and whose first face was Black?

In The Black Christ, #1 bestselling author Ajarn Shaman Shu (Shri Surya Narayana Swamikal) completes his acclaimed Black Trilogy with a bold investigation into the African origins of Jesus, Horus, and the world's enduring savior tradition.

Inside you'll explore:



The African and Egyptian roots of the savior archetype

Jesus and Horus — the striking parallels between the two divine figures

The Black Madonna, Isis, and the sacred mother tradition

How the dying-and-rising god appears across the ancient world

The Kemetic and African sources beneath the Christian story

Why the original image of the savior was Black — and why it was changed

Provocative, sweeping, and grounded in the author's lifelong study, this is the final volume of the Black Trilogy — a reclamation of the world's savior tradition and the African face at its origin.

The African origins of Jesus. The face history changed. The Black Christ.



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About the Author
Robert S. Shumake, publishing as Ajarn Shaman Shu, has lived two lives in one — the builder and the priest — and his books are where the two meet. He rose from a Ford factory floor to become founding president and CEO of Inheritance Capital Group, a Black Enterprise-ranked private equity firm, served as honorary consul for Botswana and Tanzania, and founded Inheritance Media Group, owner of more than 300 publications produced by an AI-run newsroom. In spirit, each tradition that initiated him gave him a name: Buddhist Ajarn in the Theravada and Vajrayana lines, Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola in Ifá, and Shri Surya Narayana Swamikal in the Tamil Siddha line. He is the founder of Soul Tribes International Ministries and of Buddha Digital Temple and its universities — Orisha University, Buddha University, and Shiva University. He authored Detroit’s Proposal E, the 2021 ballot initiative that decriminalized entheogenic plants in Detroit, and is the author of more than 140 published books and 86+ DOI-registered academic publications. His philosophy: the Double Bottom Line — make a profit, and make a difference. Robertshumake.biz