African Mythology

African Mythology: Traditions, Worlds, and Living Memory, edited by Alder Stonefield, is a sweeping, continent-spanning anthology that explores myth as a living force. Through richly woven chapters, the book traces creation stories, trickster figures, ancestral presence, and sacred landscapes across Africa and its diaspora. It affirms that mythology is not a relic of the past but a dynamic, relational way of understanding the world—carried in oral tradition, ritual, and community memory.

The volume moves from ancient cosmologies to contemporary expressions, revealing how African myth continues to shape identity, art, and spiritual practice. It honors the diversity of traditions while tracing the threads that connect them, offering readers a vivid portrait of storytelling as a bridge between past and future. Whether read as cultural map, scholarly resource, or celebration of ancestral imagination, African Mythology invites readers into a world where the sacred is present in every aspect of life.