About the Journal
Utambuzi is a KiSwahili word which can be translated as ‘insight’, ‘diagnosis’ or ‘recognition’, which captures the journal’s central aim and objectives:
- to provide empirical and theoretical insight into the ever-changing landscape of religion on the African continent and its global diaspora, both historically and today.
- to diagnose, or critically an
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Current Issue
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2025): Studying African Religions in the 21st Century: (Re)setting the Agenda
Published: 2025-04-28
Editorial
Introduction
Studying African Religions in the 21st Century
Abstract 43 | PDF Downloads 78Page 3-8
Articles
The Future of the Study of Religions in Africa
Abstract 59 | PDF Downloads 73Page 9-20
Decolonizing the Study of Africa-Related Religions
Abstract 57 | PDF Downloads 37Page 21-34
Studying Religions in Africa
Abstract 86 | PDF Downloads 43Page 35-46
A Geopolitical Intervention in African Religious Studies
Abstract 31 | PDF Downloads 31Page 47-59
The Rationality of Spirits and Demons
Abstract 31 | PDF Downloads 56Page 60-68
Charting New Paths of Religion in African Migration
Abstract 54 | PDF Downloads 35Page 69-81
Climate, Security, and the Study of Religion in Africa
Abstract 36 | PDF Downloads 66Page 82-93
Book Reviews
Seductive Spirit: Deliverance, Demons, and Sexual Worldmaking in Ghanaian Pentecostalism by Nathanael Homewood
Abstract 15 | PDF Downloads 30Page 94-96