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On Concepts and Theories of Culture and Religion
Abraham, W. E. The Mind of Africa, Chicago: 1962
Bascom, R. W & Herskovits, J. M Continuity and Change in African Culture. Chicago:
1970.
Forde, Daryll., ed. African Worlds: Studies in the Cosmological Ideas and Social Values of African People, Oxford: 1968.
Gyekye, Kwame African Philosophical Thought, USA: 1995
  African Cultural Values: An Introduction. Ghana: 1996

Gbadegesin, Segun. African Philosophy. New York: 1991

Horton, Robin Pattern of Thought in Africa and the West. Cambridge: 1997
Llesanmi, Simeon O. Religious Pluralism in the Nigerian State. USA: 1997
Mbiti, John S African Religions and Philosophy. London: 1969
Momen, Moojan The Phenomenon of Religion: A Thematic Approach. Oxford: 1999
Mudimbe, V. Y. “The Power of Speech” in The Invention of Africa. Bloomington: 1988
Myers, Fortes & Dieterien., eds African Systems of Thought. New York: 1965
Siegel, Paul N. The Meek and the Militant. London: 1986
On Indigenous African Religion and Heritage
Adegbola, E.A., ed Traditional Religion in West Africa. Kenya: 1983
Booth, S. N., ed African Religions. London: 1997
Dankor, Anthony E African Spirituality. Eritrea: 1997
Gillon, Werner A Short History of African Art. Britian: 1991
Goody, Jack Death, Property and the Ancestors. Stanford: 1962
Idowu, E. B. African Traditional Religion. London: 1991
  Oludumare: God in Yoruba Belief. London: 1963
Kariamu, Asante W. African Dance. Eritrea: 1996
Magesa, L. African Religion. New York: 1991
Ray, C. B African Religions. New Jersey: 1976
Ranger, T. N and Kimambo, I. N., eds The Historical Study of African Religion.
Berkeley: 1972
Thomas, Blakely, D., et al. Religion in Africa. USA: 1994
Willet, Frank African Art. Singapore: 1997
On Islam
Ahmed, A. S. Discovering Islam. London: 1988
Jawad, Haifaa A. The Rights of Women in Islam. United States: 1997
Last, Murray. The Sokoto Caliphate. London: 1970
Lapidus, Ira M A History of Islamic Societies. Cambridge: 1991
Lewis, Bernard Islam: Politics and War. Vol. 1. Oxford: 1987
  Islam: Religion and Society. Vol. 2. Oxford: 1987
Trimingham, Spencer J A History of Islam in West Africa. Edingburgh: 1962
  Islam in West Africa. Oxford: 1964
On Christianity
Ajayi, J. F. Christian Missions in Nigeria, 1841-1914.
  The making of a New Elite. London: 1965
Ayandele, E. A. The Missionary Impact on Modern Nigeria, 1842-1914: A Political and Social Analysis: London: 1966
Groves, C. P. The Planting of Christianity in Africa. London: 1966
Gifford, P African Christianity: Its Public Role. London: 1998

Hastings, A., ed. A World History of Christianity. USA: 1999

Hayward. V. E., ed African Independent Church Movements. London: 1963
Kalu, Ogbu The Embattled Gods: The Christianization of Ogboland. Lagos: 1996
  The History of Christianity in West Africa. London: 1980
Maxwell, D., ed. Christianity and the African Imagination. Netherlands: 2002
Peel, J.D.Y. Aladura A Religious Movement among the Yoruba. London: 1968
Sanneh, L. O. West African Christianity. London: 1983
Tasie, G. O. M Christian Missionary Enterprise in the Niger Delta 1864-1918. Leiden: 1978.
Wariboko, W. E. Planting Church Culture at New Calabar: Some Neglected Aspects of Missionary Enterprise in the Eastern Niger Delta, 1865-1900. Bethesda: 1998
Ward, K and Stanley B., eds. The Church Mission Society, 1799-1999. USA: 1999
Suggested Journal Articles on Religious Conversion
Fisher, H. J. “Conversion Reconsidered: Some Historical Aspects of Religious Conversion in Black Africa” in Africa, XXXX111, 1, 1973.
Horton, R “African Conversion: in Africa XXXX1, 2, 1971
  “The Kalahari World View: An Outline and Interpretation” in Africa XXX11,
3, 1962.
  “The Kalahari Ekine Society: A Borderland of Religion and Art” in Africa.
33. no. 2, April 1963.
  “A Hundred Years of Change in Kalahari Religion” in Black Africa. New York: 1970
Peel, J.D.Y. . “Religious Change in Yorubaland” in Africa XXXVUI, 3, 1967
 
 
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