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vii Acknowledgements We are greatly indebted to many people whose moral, editorial, and material support led to the composition and logical completion of this book. In gratitude, we remember Rev. Professor Laurenti Magesa of Hekima College whose unrelenting encouragement and guidance led to the composition and completion of this book. He is our highly revered lecturer, mentor, and friend who is always available to show us the way to academic heights. In a special way, we would like to thank professor Emeritus Dominic Kofi Agyeman, fellow Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, and formerly of University of Cape Coast, Ghana. We are grateful to you for your insightful contribution toward the enrichment of the manuscript and the final title of the book. Our gratitude will be incomplete without mention of Dr. Charles A. Abugre, Director, United Nations Millennium Development Campaign, Africa region, for providing us with the conducive space and all the necessary material needs that enabled us to put together the first draft of the manuscript. To our Jesuit family, we are also grateful but more particularly to Rev. Dr. Gabriel Mmassi, SJ rector of Hekima College, Rev. Dr. Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, SJ, the Provincial superior of the Eastern Africa Province of the Society of Jesus, and Rev. Dr. Odumaro Mubangizi, SJ for their invaluable editorial support and encouragement. Their insights helped to deeply enrich our manuscript. Finally, we would like to express our sincerest gratitude to Rev. Fr. Kevin O. Odey, SJ, a true friend whose unwavering and unfailing love, inspiration, and moral support were useful to the realization of this book. viii ...

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