June 13, 2018 The Scientific Conference "Afro-Christianity and Afro-Islam - a role in the historical and socio-cultural development of Africa south of the Sahara: the experience of studying and contemporary problems",

June 13, 2018 The Scientific Conference "Afro-Christianity and Afro-Islam - a role in the historical and socio-cultural development of Africa south of the Sahara: the experience of studying and contemporary problems", prepared by the Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, was held at the Institute of African Studies.

Within the framework of the conference, two meetings were held: "Afro-Christianity and Afro-Islam: Learning Experience" and "Trends and Perspectives of Cultural and Religious Development in Africa", where 13 reports were made. In the first meeting, Senior Researcher of the Center for History and Cultural Anthropology D. Sc. Tatarovskaya I.G. made a report "God and Totem in African Mythology”.