. . . it shows an extremely refreshing and philosophically original approach. It is Afrocentric without being overbearingly so. I find it also serious in scholarship and well-written. It reads easily with no obscurity of either language or ideas. It takes the shroud off Egyptology. I think its break from Eurocentric leanings is one of its very fine points.

Kwesi Kwaa Prah, Professor and Director, Center for the advanced study of African Society, Cape Town, South Africa

Professor Nehusi has written a powerful book on a most ancient and critical Afrikan ritual, libation. He masterfully demonstrates that libation must be understood within the Afrikan worldview and its emphasis on ontological unity and life eternal. Furthermore, his argument about the importance of cultural reclamation in the process of Afrikan renaissance is both timely and compelling.

Ama Mazama, Temple University

This is, undoubtedly, a masterly and monumental work on libation, an African ritual of heritage, that reflects the African world view from the earliest times until the present. In an admirably scholarly manner, the author tells the "lion's story" that amply explains the meaning and significance of the ritual of libation and restores African identity in a conscious manner that effectively counters the hazards of the Maafa. The African world owes an immeasurable debt of gratitude to Kimani Nehusi for this brilliant piece of work.

Kofi Asare Opoku, African University College of Communications, Accra, Ghana. Formerly Professor of Religious Studies, Lafayette College, Easton, PA. Author of West African Traditional Religion