AFRICA LIVING

SPIRIT

How a continent believes.

Original films, conversations and storytelling on faith, worship, tradition and the search for something greater across the African continent.

Worshippers with hands raised in soft light inside a sacred space
THE ARCHIVE

WORSHIP

Contemporary worship, churches, mosques, congregations and gatherings.

SACRED PLACES

Spaces of worship, pilgrimage and reflection — beautiful and historically important.

VOICES

Personal conversations about belief, identity, family, hope and contemporary African life.

SOUND

Gospel, choirs, sacred rhythms and the relationship between music and belief.

TRADITIONS

Traditional spiritual practices, rituals and ceremonies — and their continuing cultural significance.

FIRST STORIES
Choir member singing during a Sunday service, documentary photograph

WORSHIP

Sunday Morning in Lagos

Inside the megachurch generation — and the small congregations holding the city together.

STORY — FORTHCOMING

Bet Giyorgis rock-hewn church in Lalibela, Ethiopia, photographed at night

SACRED PLACES

The Rock Churches of Lalibela

Pilgrimage, carved stone and eight hundred years of quiet.

STORY — FORTHCOMING

Portrait of a woman in quiet prayer, soft light

VOICES

What My Grandmother Taught Me About Prayer

Three generations, one altar, a conversation about belief.

STORY — FORTHCOMING

Faith is not separate from African life. It moves through its music, families, communities, architecture, traditions and everyday experiences.

AFRICA LIVING / SPIRIT