The book focuses on the salvific meaning of the Cross for the suffering in Africa with recourse to the Balthasarian Christology of the Cross. It offers a general Christian theology of suffering, provides a survey of the theology of the Cross, unfolds the Balthasarian Christology of the Cross, analyes the socio-anthropological situation of suffering in Africa and demonstrates the relevance of Balthasarian Christology of the Cross for the suffering in Africa including some doctrinal recommendations.