Under no circumstance however, do we claim that this God, is only the God of African people, but to the contrary, but that this God, is the self-same God of all humanity, all creation, the universe and everything that exists within or outside of it. We only maintain that this same God, is and has always been, seen, adored and worshipped by African people, in particular, Through the Spectacles of Ethiopia, uniquely, distinctly and differently. Somewhat peculiar, to the rest of humanity.

Therefore, the One God of Africa, is none other than the One God of all Creation, seen, adored and worshipped, by all tribes on earth, in all ages, in there own unique, distinct and peculiar way.

For most, the concept, or even the very idea that a One God of Africa, could exist, is ludicrous.  Notwithstanding that tradition has it, as well as popular modern notions that traditional African's follow multiple God's, even God's of wood, stone, tree's, animals, etc, etc, etc.  So even make this claim, would seem an oxymoron.

Nevertheless, and contrary to popular beliefs, all Traditional African faith systems, believe in only One God, in the truest sense.  In fact, it could be said that the One God principle, is fundamentally African, in origin and nature.  This may seem hard to believe, after all we have been told about African so-called religions.

Nevertheless, any research into the religious systems of Africa, or even into the origins of the theory and concept of what is today known as monotheism, will find that this concept first developed in Africa and is not only fundamental to African belief systems, but also central to them.

In a nutshell, the African Cosmology and belief system is based upon an all knowing, all seeing, incomprehensible and universal creator, who is One and without a second. Who is manifested comprehensively, within and throughout creation, in unnumbered forms, which includes all we can see and all that we can't.

All African's have a name for this One Supreme God, which differs by language and region, some of these names include, Kalunga, Nyame, Mungu, Malungu, Bemba, En-Kai, Yala, to name but a few.

However, conceived in these diverse names, by these diverse African tribes and in multiple ways, nevertheless fundamentally remaining The One Supreme God, who is both above all, as well as, peculiarly to African spirituality. in all.

This One God of Africa, was repeatedly defined by Marcus Garvey, in many of his speeches and statements, throughout his life, a collective of which, form one of our Temple Creeds, Garvey's African Christian Creed.  However, the definition of this God, was best illustrated, in Garvey lessons on God, Christ and the Universe, lessons 5, 6, and 13, respectively, which he taught himself in 1938, in his School of African Philosophy (S.O.A.P), which have been reproduced and can be found in 'The Message to the People book', published by Tony Martin, in 1986.

Whilst, Garvey done much to re-establish in the minds of African people, at the time, this One God of Africa, principle and idea, inline with ancient traditional African concepts.  It seems today that this God or idea of God, has fell into total obscurity. Outside of possibly those who could be considered, African Traditionalist.

In fact the One God of Africa that Garvey taught, appealed to all factions and camps, in regards to religious expression, across the wide spectrum of religious thought amongst African people, at the time.  Nevertheless, this One God of Africa, was accepted by all.  Whether they were African Christians, Jews, Muslims or African Traditionalists, this idea of Garvey's One God of Africa, was easily absorbed, accepted and incorporated within this multiplicity of faith systems.

This was proven by the many different diverse religious factions that formed many chapters of the UNIA organisation.  In addition to the many, testimonies of influential African Muslims, Christian's, Jews & Traditionalist at the time, who accredit, in their speeches and writings, Garvey as a messenger, specifically from this One God.  This is also evident and evidence by the statement that the UNIA, One God slogan, is coined from, which also testifies, to not only the faith that the 10 million plus members of the UNIA, had in this One God of Africa, but also, who they perceived, to be his messenger, when the chanted in assembly,

One God, our firm endeavour, One Aim, most gloriously bent,  One Destiny forever, God Bless our President.

It is also very important to note that the modern concept of this One God principle, called today monotheism, is not only significantly different from the concept of the same One God, held by ancient people, but is purely and culturally a European invention, that is also quite alien, to the spirituality and even the concept of God, held by most other ethnic groups on earth.

Furthermore, and in clear proof of this, is the fact that even the word God, as we use it today, to describe the Deity, is a total misnomer.  In fact, whilst people, usually attribute this One God, monotheist idea, to the Abrahamic religions and in particular, Judaism & Christianity, which these ethnic Europeans have been following and spread for centuries.  The truth is this modern concept would be totally alien also to the original Hebrew people and possible even the early Jewish or eastern Christians.

This is evident in the fact that, throughout the Holy Bible, although the word God, denoting or inferring a single God, which is used thousands of times, is actually the word Elohim, meaning literally God's, plural, from which the English word, God is translated, directly.  This means even the One God of the Holy Bible, is also a unity of multiple existences, but fundamentally conceived, adored and worshipped, in its Oneness, as Yahweh (Yahovayah).

To this end, and from this principle and perspective, we use declare and proclaim, the One God of African, whom can be called by a multiplicity of descriptions and titles.

However is often referred to, within this Temple website, in both the tradition of the Ancient Hebrews, as well as the Ancient African tradition as,

The Godhead, Ogdoad, Ennead, Elohim-Neter, One God, Amun.