This post-modern Africa Bible Commentary (ABC) is touted as having a sound biblical foundation, an African perspective and a balanced approach to controversial issues.It is touted as having a sound biblical foundation, an African perspective and a balanced approach to controversial issues.
1). Africa Bible Commentary (ABC) is a is a post-modern work that is described as a ‘publishing landmark’ and a ‘monumental work’
2). The single-volume ABC is written by 69 scholars drawn from 23 countries

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3). ABC is written from the Evangelical Christian perspective,
ABC is aimed at interpreting the Bible to Africans in familiar language, using metaphors, African thought-forms and nuances, and practical applications that fitted the African context
4). ABC says God is closer to a people when he is presented to them in their language

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"Despite the vast number of African Christians, the new churches springing up every day, the all-night prayer meetings, exorcisms and the days of fasting," writes Ugandan Lois Semenye, "the continent is still blighted with poor government, bribery, killings, coups, the AIDS epidemic and so on." And this, she contends, has been the case since the 1960s when Christianity in Africa was described as being a mile long but only an inch deep. Lack of proper education is partly to blame for this, Dr Semenye argues.5). What is most appealing about ABC are the special articles on topical and cultural issues across Africa
6). Among the topics of interest include culture and traditions, homosexuality, bride-price, widow inheritance, the place of ancestors, the place of traditional sacrifice, polygamy, marriage and divorce, female genital mutilation, initiation rites, witchcraft, AIDS, secularism and materialism, the role of women in the church, the relationship between church and state and democracy

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On the thorny issue of the role of women in the church, Kenyan Nyambura J Njoroge employs the usual stock words and phrases--deeply entrenched patriarchal, hierarchical and sexist attitudes and practices, and the male-dominated leadership in many churches--from the arsenal of feminists that have earned them more enemies than allies in urging readers against focusing on "the gender roles, that society, church and African cultures have assigned to women."7). A people’s world view is fundamental to their understanding of who they are, where they have come from and where they are going
8). The centrality of scriptures to one’s identity does not mean that one demonizes one’s own traditional culture
9). An understanding of the role of culture is of great importance both in understanding what the Bible says and in communicating this message in terms that are meaningful in relation to local culture and issues in Africa

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What is most appealing about ABC are the special articles on topical and cultural issues in the mother continent.10). Christianity may have been born in the Middle East, a region whose cultures are similar to those of Africa. However, it was introduced to Africa through the western worldview that is diametrically different from that in most African and Middle Eastern countries.
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