Christianity in Nubia

Although most of my recent interest in Africa is connected to its relevance to the making of the Haitian people, I have become obsessed with Nubia. Always overlooked, forgotten, dismissed or incorrectly seen as peripheral to Ancient Egypt (except for the "infamous" Black Pharaohs of the 25th dynasty), the Nubian region deserves serious attention. A decentering of Egypt from the discussion of ancient Nile peoples and cultures is well overdue, and should lead to a reconsideration of the significance of Nubia. Personally, I am most interested in the Meroitic period and the era of the Christian kingdoms of Nobadia, Makuria and Alodia. The story of Christianity in Africa is fascinating, and we always forget that Christianity was once a major religion in Sudan.