Africa's transformation and progress depend on Africans themselves. There is the need for a change of attitude and a strong desire to work towards a new Africa where the people have much more peace and holistic development, so that they can contribute positively their quota to world development. The essays in this book look at the African situation and give suggestions as to what could be done to uplift the spirit of the people of Africa in their quest for freedom, peace and development.

The Church in Africa has made great strides in her mission of evangelization. This is evidenced in the increase in the number of its members, but the core question remains and that is, how deep is Christianity in the lives of Christians? This is because of the great number of people who vacillate between African Traditional Religion and Christianity, not only in times of crisis but also when it comes to the celebration of any of the life cycle rituals. This book discusses two of the life cycle rituals, namely, Marriage and Child Naming (Outdooring), and how they are celebrated in both...

Faith communication is not only relevant but an important commitment that every Christian is to make if we are to fulfill the mission Jesus Christ entrusted to us, that is, to go into the whole world and preach the gospel to every nation. This book looks at some of the African traditional ways of faith communication before the advent of European missionaries to Africa, South of the Sahara; the current means of faith communication and how to use the new communication technologies in disseminating the gospel of Jesus Christ and the teachings of the Church in our modern times. Some Churches are...

Is Africa a poor continent, a continent without hope? The answer is straightforward and definitely NO. Africa is not poor. The people are also not poor but they have been made poor by a multiplicity of factors. Africa as a continent is potentially endowed with rich natural and human resources. The question now is how the continent is working out of poverty so that the people experience, at least, some concrete glimpses of riches in their daily lives? Also, it is a truism that Africans are religious and today the major religions in Africa are impacting on the lives of the people in a...