Postcolonial Perspectives in African Biblical Interpretations

This volume foregrounds biblical interpretation within the African history of colonial contact from North Atlantic slavery to the current era of globalization. It reads of the prolonged struggle for justice and of hybrid identities from multifaceted contexts where the Bible co-exists with African Indigenous Religions Islam and other religions. Showcasing the dynamic and creative approaches of an emerging and thriving community of biblical scholarship from the African continent and African diaspora the volume critically examines the interaction of biblical texts with African people and their cultures within a postcolonial framework. While employing feminist/womanist postcolonial Afrocentric social engagement creative writing reconstruction and HIV/AIDS perspectives the authors all engage with empire in their own ways: in specific times forms and geography. This volume is an important addition to postcolonial and empires studies in biblical scholarship. The contributors are David Tuesday Adamo Lynn Darden H. J. M. (Hans) van Deventer Musa W. Dube John D. K. Ekem Ernest M. Ezeogu Elelwani B. Farisani Sylvester A. Johnson Emmanuel Katongole Malebogo Kgalemang Temba L. J. Mafico Madipoane Masenya (ngwan''a Mphahlele) Andrew M. Mbuvi Sarojini Nadar Elivered Nasambu-Mulongo Jeremy Punt Gerrie Snyman Lovemore Togarasei Sam Tshehla Robert Wafawanaka Robert Wafula Gerald West Alice Y. Yafeh-Deigh and Gosnell L. Yorke.