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ABSTRACT

Women are the female human beings created by God. They play vital roles in the spiritual and mundane lives of mankind in society. An existing society without women is a non-existing society with a baseless formation that creates a vacuum of peace, love, and unity for its posterity. Down the ages, womanhood, depicted in the personality of Eve, the first female creature of God, as testified by the Holy Scriptures (the Bible and Quran, respectively), brings fulfilment to other human counterparts. It is imperative for a woman to exhibit certain inherent roles applicable to her status, irrespective of societal recognition or appraisal. In African society, women are treasured pearls, bringing solace to their afflictions. In view of the preamble, the study endeavours to examine the spirituality of African women in development. Spirituality entails faith and practices, prayer, rationality, and psychological and emotional responses to actions in every activity. Interviews and related literature are basically approached to obtain the necessary data to analyse thematically. The study reveals the inactions of African women, which are intrinsically embedded in their spirituality of love, service, hope, care, and justice, that can be harnessed and geared towards sustainable development in African communities. The spirituality of African women is overtly showcased in their assertions of things in their environments.