Meet the Author – Leo Igwe

Meet the Author – Leo Igwe

In this instalment of our Meet the Author series, Leo Igwe discusses his recent chapter, “Atheism in Southern Africa,” in The Cambridge History of Atheism (Cambridge University Press, 2021).

12pm ET

Leo Igwe holds a B.Phil and an M.A in philosophy from Seat of Wisdom Seminary Owerri and University of Calabar in Nigeria, and a doctoral degree in religious studies from the University of Bayreuth in Germany. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department for the Study of Religions (Islam, African Publics and Religious Values) at the University of Cape Town (2021), with research interests in Witchcraft and Atheism/Non Religion in Ghana, Zambia, Kenya and Nigeria.