AN INTRODUCTION TO HOW BLACK-AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD PRAY

In « An Introduction to How Black-African People Should Pray », Doumbi Fakoly tackles head-on the issue of Black spirituality,arguing for a radical shift away from   Christianity, Judaism, and Islam What does he propose and why ? In a step by step approach, the author exposes his rationale : The above- mentioned religions he contends , concentrate on the welfare of the peoples from whom the sprang black people, therefore,are exclused.

Consequrntly, the latter must seek thier true spiritual comfort zone, to wit the religion practiced for millennia in Ancient Kemet ( Pharaonic Egypt). The rebirth of Africa and her people (from a panAfricain perspective) depends on it,he reasons.

Emmanuel Cadet

Adjunct Professor of economics Dutchess Community College tate University of  New York

Doumbi Fakoly was born in Mali in 1944. He spent his youthful years in Senegal. Later on, he immigrated to France where he secured an advanced degree in Banking. Fakoly is a prolific writer who has penned several books for the French- speakinng public. His topics range from novels to historical essays. Nonetheless, irrespective of the  genre or the discussed, his works focus on the rehabilitation of thr Black race in all dimensions.