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This paper focuses on Edward W. Blyden’s most famous book, Christianity, Islam, and the Negro Race (1887). Specifically, it focuses on the problem of the image of God and its relationship to African freedom as conceived by Blyden. I argue that Blyden contends that Christianity presents an image of God that limits African freedom. Blyden focuses on the literal visual images of God that are characteristic of European Christian art. Blyden argues that the representation of the figure of Christ as a white European has made it impossible for Africans to identify with the figure of Christ without undermining their sense of self-worth. By contrast, Islam appeals to Blyden precisely because its iconoclasm leaves the image of God and of his prophets indeterminate. This, according to Blyden, has important consequences for African freedom.