Africa’s traditional beliefs – including ancestor worship, divination and witchcraft – continue to dominate its spiritual influences. Readers in search of a better understanding of the continent will be enriched by this book’s timely exploration of sub-Saharan Africa’s natural philosophy. The book records a collection of true stories which illustrate this traditional belief system, placing them in their contemporary and historical contexts. Included are the famous Malawian diviner whose prophecies were considered so accurate that people flocked from neighbouring countries to consult him; a group of Western-trained Mozambican psychologists who successfully refined cross-cultural therapy by working with traditional healers to combat post-traumatic stress syndrome among child soldiers; Ghanaian and Zimbabwean ‘witches’ living in a nightmare world where popular belief becomes their reality; and a Zambian archbishop whose attempt to embrace traditional African beliefs provoked serious conflict within his Christian church