African Sacred Spaces: Culture, History, and Change is a collection of carefully and analytically written essays on different aspects of African sacred spaces. The interaction between the past and present points to Africans’ continuing recognition of certain natural phenomena and places as sacred. Western influence, the introduction of Christianity and Islam, as well as modernity, have not succeeded in completely obliterating African spirituality and sacred observances, especially as these relate to space in its various iterations. Indeed, Africans, on the continent and in the Diasporas, have responded to the challenges of history, environmentalism, and sustainability with sober and versatile responses in their reverence for sacred space as expressed through a variety of religious, historical, and spiritual practices, as this volume attempts to show.

Contributions by: Oluwasegun Peter Aluko, Victor Ntui Atom, Amusa Saheed Balogun, Enoch Olujide Gbadegesin, Muhammadu Mustapha Gwadabe, Kevin Champion Young, Adamu Musa Kotorkoshi, Muhammad Kyari, Emmanuel M. Mbah, Mukhtar Umar Bunza, Donald O. Omagu, Fortune Sibanda, Haakayoo N. Zoggyie