Crossing Cultures: The African Worldview Amidst Contemporary Cultures

Book excerpt: Through an insightful exposition on African culture, the author explores the African lifestyle, worldview, and society amidst the changing and pervasive, contemporary culture. With valuable information available for those desiring to travel to Africa, or those curious about African culture, Crossing Cultures is a helpful guide to understand the significance, depth, and details of African culture. This book comes as a unique and well-informed contribution. It will yield depth and rich insights to many who are involved in cross-cultural mission work. And to those who would like to broaden their understanding of the African society, in relation to the rest of the world, this book is a must-read. Trophimus Odie is a husband, a father of three children, and has been in Christian service for over fifteen years in different capacities. He has also been an entrepreneur, a sound engineer / audio producer, and a certified photographer by the New York Institute of Photography. He is one of the founding member of Pure Souls, a gospel hip-hop group based in Kampala, Uganda. He has mentored many young people in Uganda over the years, becoming one of the big contributors to the contemporary gospel industry in his country. While serving as media director at Calvary Chapel in Kampala, he was also on the church plant committee. He currently lives in Canada, since moving there with his family in 2015.