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This book focuses on space in African and Black religion and spirituality through the lenses of area studies, African and black diaspora studies, history and culture, cultural studies, ecotourism, environmentalism, and sustainability.
List of contents
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 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
About the author
By 'BioDun J. Ogundayo and Julius O. Adekunle - 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.
