The book spans over 208 pages depicting old and new photographs of each Gurdwara as well as some key events held in the last decade. For example, the 2010 train journey organised by the Kenyan Sikh council and Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha in collaboration with the Kenyan railway authority. 

It showcases Gurdwaras in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Mauritius, Malawi, Ghana and Liberia. All these countries have a practising Sikh population. Some of these countries like Malawi have only 1 Gurdwara and barely a handful of families living there, while others like Kenya have a large diaspora of the Sikh community that boasts of 22 Gurdwaras in the country. 

The text for this book has been collected via first hand interviews of the Sikh sangat (community) of each Gurdwara and old documents plus personal diaries. Additionally, some information regarding the general history and culture in the region has been collected from open source information available online as well as a handful of books written about the region. All the sources of information have been credited in the book.

Many of the Gurdwaras in Africa were first established by the Sikh labourers and officials taken to east Africa by the British in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Following the end of colonial rule the Sikh community members who stayed back have moved on in terms of occupations as well as geographical location spreading to different parts of Africa. Gurdwaras included in the book span almost a century, where some were built as far back as in 1901 and others have opened as recently as in April 2017.

Given the long history of the Sikh population in Africa, prominent saints and sects have also been born here, like the Sant Baba Puran Singh of Kericho and Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha. The book documents the journey of such holy-men and his teachings.