What happens when the very tool meant to liberate the soul is used to imprison the mind?
Sanctified Chains is a fearless examination of how organized religion—especially through colonial Christianity and later missionary Islam—was weaponized to subdue, divide, and control African people.

Sam Prajnananda unearths the devastating role religion played in Africa’s colonization, from justifying slavery and conquest to replacing indigenous spiritual systems with doctrines of guilt, fear, and submission. With compelling historical evidence and cultural insight, this book reveals how sacred texts were misused to sanctify injustice—and how foreign religious institutions often served empire more than enlightenment.

But Sanctified Chains is not just a critique—it’s a call to remember. It invites readers to rediscover Africa’s rich spiritual heritage, reawaken ancestral wisdom, and reclaim a form of spirituality rooted in liberation, balance, and truth.

This book challenges readers to ask: Whose god are we serving? Whose interests are being protected? And what would it mean to return to the divine on our own terms?

Sanctified Chains is a powerful, necessary truth-telling for a continent ready to break free from inherited mental prisons—and walk boldly in spiritual sovereignty.