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.
Chapter 1: African Sacred Places in the Americas Kevin Young
Chapter 2: History and the Sacred: The Royal Tombs of Igboho Julius O. Adekunle
Chapter 3: Rituals and African Space: Funeral Rites and Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty Donald O. Omagu
Chapter 4: Sacred Spaces and Ritual Performances in Ejagamland of Cameroon Emmanuel Mbah and Tom Victor Ntui
Chapter 5:Masjid: Sacred Space in Nigerian Islam Muhammadu Mustapha Gwadabe and Muhammad Kyari
Chapter 6: The Metaphysics of Space in Yoruba Traditional Religion 'BioDun J. Ogundayo
Chapter 8: Tradition and Modernity: The Dynamics of the Management of Osun Sacred Groves Saheed Balogun Amusa
Chapter 9: African Sacred Groves and Sustainability Fortune Sibanda
Chapter 10: Space, Art, and Religion in Changó, el gran putas Hawwkayoo N. Zoggyie
Chapter 11: Islam and Ancient Sacred Places in Hausaland Mukhtar Umar Bunza and Adamu Musa Kotorkoshi
Chapter 12: Sacred Space and Time in an African University Oluwasegun Aluko
Chapter 1: African Sacred Places in the Americas Kevin Young Chapter 2: History and the Sacred: The Royal Tombs of Igboho Julius O. Adekunle Chapter 3: Rituals and African Space: Funeral Rites and Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty Donald O. Omagu Chapter 4: Sacred Spaces and Ritual Performances in Ejagamland of Cameroon Emmanuel Mbah and Tom Victor Ntui Chapter 5:Masjid: Sacred Space in Nigerian Islam Muhammadu Mustapha Gwadabe and Muhammad Kyari Chapter 6: The Metaphysics of Space in Yoruba Traditional Religion 'BioDun J. Ogundayo Chapter 7: Sacred Spaces: Mountains in Yoruba Spirituality Enoch Olujide Gbadegesin Chapter 8: Tradition and Modernity: The Dynamics of the Management of Osun Sacred Groves Saheed Balogun Amusa Chapter 9: African Sacred Groves and Sustainability Fortune Sibanda Chapter 10: Space, Art, and Religion in Chango, el gran putas Hawwkayoo N. Zoggyie Chapter 11: Islam and Ancient Sacred Places in Hausaland Mukhtar Umar Bunza and Adamu Musa Kotorkoshi Chapter 12: Sacred Space and Time in an African University Oluwasegun Aluko
