Africa has variously been described as the «lost Continent», a «Continent at risk», not least because of the ethnic or civil wars plaguing this continent and their concomitant genocide. Indeed, Africa has been plunged into a political and socio-economic quagmire. This state of «cultural crisis» is what this work makes its theme. Crisis as a sociological phenomenon, which in the case of the African situation – in contrast to the conventional European appraisal – is apparently far from being a transitional period, a period of «decision». This sociological analysis of «historical», African literary works is aimed at creating that self-awareness which is imperative as a curb on African identity crisis, to warrant the impetus for human development on this continent.

The Author: Michael Perry Kweku Okyerefo, born in 1965, hails from Likpe Agbozome, Ghana. He studied Philosophy and Theology at St. Peter’s Regional Seminary, Cape Coast, Ghana, obtainig B.A. Hons. in Religious Studies with Sociology from the University of Ghana, Legon in 1991. Ordained Catholic Priest (1992) he taught in Ghana and later served in a parish in the Archdiocese of Vienna, Austria. Master’s degree in Philosophy (1997) and doctorate degree in Sociology (1999) in the University of Vienna. He is currently pursuing the PGCE Course in Cambridge.