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This paper argues that Africa is robbed and has remained robbed; and thus in need of remedial help. This is the regrettable legacy that colonialism has bequeathed. Therefore, decolonizing institutions, particularly religions on the African continent is a compelling and an urgent task. The paper is particular about religions because religion controls man and detects how he perceives and relates with his creator, his fellow human beings, and his environment among others. It is against this background that the paper regrets that the colonizer’s content loaded in the religions that are dominant on the African continent is what is causing existential paralysis that have characterized these religions. Espousing on this, with a view to discarding the colonizer’s content that is imposed on religion will help to redefine how religion will be perceived and reset it to achieve what is meant to achieve. Otherwise, Christianity and Islam will ever remain essentially foreign than indigenous. The paper demonstrates that even the so-called African Traditional Religion (ATR) is not indigenous, for that matter. The paper points out that the nomenclature of ATR is even a mismatch, caused by colonization and its continued hangover. Using secondary sources (online and offline materials) as well as primary sources (focal group discussions), the paper makes use of thematic analysis to arrive at evidence-based recommendations that will point out the promises and the pitfalls.