ABSTRACT
African spirituality embraces not only the whole and unbridled humanity of all Africans, but of humankind the world over. This notion is cradled within the ancient Akan proverb Nnipa nyinaa ye Onyame mma, obi nye asase ba, which means that all human beings are the children of God (Nkulu-N’Sengha 2009: 143). The African spiritual heritage stands, unequivocally salient amid the landscape of other global spiritual traditions. Despite the intrusiveness of colonisation and the imposition of capitalism, traditional African spirituality has remained unfettered (Serequeberhan 1999) and faithfully resilient, through a deep desire to maintain its tradition (Mazrui 1986). The richness of this heritage has withstood the fractures of a myriad other cultural and spiritual invasions with solemn resilience (Asante and Mazama 2009), giving Afrocentric scholars a much needed voice amid the scholarly discourse on other world religions.
