The 'evolved African' means the African who has been transformed by the whims of modernity and who equally seems, at the same time, to be caught up in the webs of tradition. The evolved African is seen here as an unhealthy conceptual hybrid of the colonial culture and the traditional African culture. In evaluating this new cultural system, one sees various problems arising in African which are necessarily caused by the actions of the evolved African owing to this cultural alienation upon which he lives. Among these problems are environmental problems which, today, impacts negatively on the African existence. These environmental problems leave the African in a continuous state of underdevelopment since there seems to be no ready solution to these problems. This work focuses on a supposed cause of the African environmental problem - cultural alienation while attempting to showcase the role of religion in solving these environmental problems. The thesis here is that the African in his race towards modernism, occasioned by his colonial mind, becomes a victim of environmental problems which have damaging effects on his development. These problems may be managed through religious principles.