ADEGBOLA, E.A. Ade., editor

1983

Traditional Religion in West Africa. Nairobi: Uzima Press.This collection of forty-three articles by African, Christian leaders covers rites of passage, festivals, morality, mythology,and the idea of man and God.It is meant to be a text for African Christian scholars.

BALDICK, Julian

1989

Mystical Islam. New York: New York University Press. Sufism has had a major impact on the shaping of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa. This is an introductory text covering the history and practices of Islam's mystics. A large section is dedicated to Christian influences on Sufism.

FENTON, Thomas P. and Heffron, Mary J., editors

1987

Africa: A Directory of Resources. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. Over 140 pages of annotated organizations, books, periodicals, pamphlets, and audiovisual materials. It contains a detailed and cross referenced index.

HACKETT, Rosalind I. J., editor

1987

New Religious Movements in Nigeria, Lewiston, New York:Edwin Mellen Press. The history and practices of ten Nigerian independent churches are discussed. Additional articles deal with public acceptance of the independent churches and reasons for the increase in the number of these churches.

HADJOR, Kofi Buenor

1987

On Transforming Africa: Discourse with Africa's Leaders. Trenton: Africa World Press. Hadjor, a Ghanaian, offers a solid and insightful critique of African leadership. He explains the failures and suggests sound ways of protecting the wealth and education for future advancement. This book has been widely read in most countries that have experienced the dramatic political changes of the past two years.

HARRISON, Christopher

1988

France and Islam in West Africa, 1860-1960. New York: Cambridge University Press. A case study of the Islamic community of Kano, Nigeria. The community is seen as an economic, political, and religious culture.

HASTINGS, Adrian

1979

A History of African Christianity, 1950-1975, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. The relationship between church and state, the growth of historic churches, and the moves toward independence are detailed for the entire continent. The sections on independence discuss why the churches broke with the missions and their present relationship with the mother church.

HEUSCH, Luc de

1985

Sacrifice in Africa: A Structuralist Approach. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. A critique and reappraisal of Evans-Pritchards commentary on sacrifice among the Nuer of Sudan. Heusch contends Evans-Pritchard's observations were colored by his Judaeo-Christian background.

HILDEBRANDT, Jonathan

1990

History of the Church in Africa, Achimota, Ghana: Africa Christian Press. Hildebrandt discusses African contributions toward the spread of Christianity from the first century until modern times.He traces the path of growth which has made Christianity the leading religion on the continent.

HULL, Richard W.

1976

African Cities and Towns Before the European Conquest. New York: W. W. Norton and Company. This short work, filled with maps, photos, and charts, traces the history of African cities from the third century until colonization. Particular emphasis is placed on the function of cities in traditional African life.

ILIFFE, John

1989

The African Poor: A History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Iliffe' scholarly and well documented work compares the historical and contemporary experience and care of the poor in Christian, Islamic,pastoral, rural and urban settings.

KATO, Byang H.

1987

Biblical Christianity in Africa. Achimota, Ghana: Africa Christian Press. This collection of five of Kato's last lectures plea for a more Biblical based Christianity in Africa and a critique of syncritism in African churches.

LEVTZION, Nehemia and Fisher, Humphrey J., editors

1987

Rural and Urban Islam in West Africa. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers.Islam fits best in an urban setting according to the authors. The power of the leaders and the economics of the system are discussed. The Muslim pedagogical practices are revealed.

LAUSANNE COMMITTEE FOR WORLD EVANGELISM

1980

Lausanne Occasional Papers: Christian Witness to People of African Traditional Religions. Wheaton: Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. The short twenty pages of this booklet define African Traditional Religion in seven easily understood theses. It is a must for those who are just beginning message formulations for Africa.

MAILLU, David G.

1988

Our Kind of Polygamy, Nairobi: Heinmann Kenya. Maillu details the reasons for African polygamy. He contends there is strong love in polygamous marriages. The Christian objection is discussed as well as recommendations for successful polygamous unions.

NTHAMBURI, Z.

1991

African Church at the Crossroads: Strategy for Indigenization, Nairobi: Uzima Press. This is a good leadership training text written by an Africa to Africans. Nthamburi discusses message formulation and strategies for reaching the unreached.

PARKIN, David and Nyamwaya, David, editors

1987

Transformations of African Marriage. Manchester: Manchester University Press.This is a collection of nineteen major essays for the International African Seminars series. The writers point out the changes in African marriage makes it difficult classify them easily by Levi-Straus' terms of exchange and alliance nor Forte's terms of decent. The legal and social contemporary complexities of marriages are discussed in specific rural and urban settings.

PEEK, Philip M., editor

1991

African Divination Systems: Ways of Knowing. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. The opening articles concern initiation and training of diviners. Thelifestyle of diviners from a dozen nations is described. The final articles deal with the origin of divined knowledge.

RAMSAY, Dr. Jeff, editor

1991

Global Studies: Africa. (Fourth Edition) Guilford, Connecticut: Dushkin Publishing Group. This annual is the most concise and up to date guide to the demographic, political, and historical backgrounds of each African state. Articles from the African press provide an overview of famine, war, and political change.

SHORTER, Aylward

1985

Jesus and the Witchdoctor: An Approach to Healing and Wholeness. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. This is an excellent work comparing and contrasting the work of Jesus and Africa's traditional healers. The discussion of evil and sickness is of importance to all who minister to Africans.

1991

The Church in the African City. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. The history of African cities and a view of what they will be in the future is presented with first hand anecdotes. Shorter deals with issues such as pastoral care for urban youth, correcting the nominalism in city churches, and fighting secular influences in urban congregations.

SKJONSBERG, Else

1989

Change in an African Village. West Hartford, Connecticut: Kumarian Press. The social and religious changes which take place in the Chewa (Zambia) village are described in this extremely gripping ethnography. It is not solely an authors view of the village, but quotes and anecdotes from life in the village fill the book.