This book, Understanding Africa, is a compilation of a number of articles explaining the analytical stories of culture change in the African continent. A few articles of this book have been presented in draft form at an international conference held and organized by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the International Islamic University Malaysia in December 2015. After the conference, the department has given us the responsibility of editing this book in Africa, adding a few related articles from outside before this volume is published. We gratefully acknowledge the...