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It’s an undisputed fact that culture and religion are relative—perhaps, except when you are an African, a race of people with this twisted notion of universalism when it comes to the important elements that make up a person’s identity.
It wouldn’t take a lot of deep thinking to establish as done in the below video posted by Theo Lawson that: religion, though a tool for hope and comfort is also the bulwark that curtails the progress of Africans.
All around the world, those making great progressive steps have a clever understanding of culture and religion and have carefully placed these two identity structures where they duly belong—of course, except Africans.
It’s reasonable for every group of people to have a distinct way of doing things, have a unique way of life and understanding of nature; that’s what cultural relativism simply means.
When it comes to religion, it’s human’s first attempt to understanding nature and spirituality—and to strike some sort of relationship with the supernatural. This, also ought to be relative; because of our unique experiences as human beings and the important role culture plays in shaping our thoughts in relation to nature and the supernatural.
Yet, while almost every race of people and continent promote, reserve and embrace the fact that culture and religion is at best relative, increasingly, Africans have settled on the misconception dust of inferiority, disguised in cultural and religious universalism.
That, our own cultural practices are savagely cruel, at best, weak—and our way of relating to nature or the super-natural is plainly wrong. For this reason, we can’t stop importing the culture of others onto our shores and we’ve absolutely ditched our own religion; way of worship or relating to God.
Indians are predominantly Hindus, Europeans are mainly Christians, the Chinese are largely Buddhists and the Arabs are mostly Muslims—because that’s how they understand and relate to God. That’s a clear example of the instrument of relativism.
But when it comes to the lost people-Africans, we mainly see and worship God through the lens of either the Europeans or the Arabs, ignoring the crucial fact that embedded in these methods are the forces of imperialism and cultural ‘colonisation’.
There’s a famous Ghanaian adage that “the same ship that brought the Bible also brought the 3 Gs; the gun, gunpowder and gin (alcohol).”
The most subtle way to continue ruling the resources, minds and identity of any group of people today is through religion—give them your God, your Messiah and teach them to be acquiescent to your ideas.
On the back of these, inculcate in them self-hate such that their own culture and religion become inferior to yours, and by stealing their identity, they will remain your subjects, for a very long time.
We may resist with arms if the white man comes to hijack our progress, resources, right to self determination and ways of doing things. And they know this so they’ve adopted a working alternative—by twisting our minds and conceptions by brilliantly pitching to us their religion (method of striking a relationship with a god) and culture (ways of doing things).
While we are busy playing with the tools they’ve given us, they are making the best of our ‘blessings’ and inheritance.
If the African is capable of obtaining carbohydrate from the foods relative to us, and the white man is also able to do the same from his own foods; why can’t we derive comfort and strike a relationship with the super-natural (if you believe in that) through our own cultural settings?
Why must the white man’s way be the best or the right option all the time, especially when they’ve entrenched relativism in the subject areas under discussions?
You are even best dressed when you dress like them; they are the zenith of excellence—which automatically makes us the nadir of it.
Watch the video below for the hard truth….
Na who be dis woman sef, na only she waka come?!
Posted by Theo Lawson on Wednesday, 27 January 2016
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A true, insightful, thoughtful and well written piece. Hard to get many Africans to understand and see things this way, as their minds are gone to some western god/jesus. Good work, lets keep it up, one day some day, maybe they will understand . Beats my mind how Africa became like that….
Yeah, if such conversations get a lot of attention without our borders, then we may make progress—but as it stands, there is no end at sight.
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Chris, isn’t it ironic how despite all your big talk about the African giving in to the white man’s way of doing things, your whole livelihood and existence is centered around you boasting about all the luxuries you’re enjoying while living in the white’s man land, adopting to his culture and traveling around to various European nations and going to Cannes Film Festival and such? Talk is cheap, so stop with your hypocrisy and big talk.
Perhaps, you should read what I wrote again. I didn’t say the white man is evil or what the white man does is bad; I said, treating ours contemptuous because of the white man’s version is what the problem is.
And that’s why I cited Indians when it comes to religion; I can also cite the Chinese when it comes to education, food and others—and I can also cite the Arabs when it comes to culture, language.
It doesn’t mean Chinese can’t speak English or won’t interact with the white man or won’t want to have the white man’s education alongside theirs.
It’s the absolute degradation of everything African (especially identity) that I abhor, not the quest to assimilate that of others while holding yours superior.
They are two different things.
And why would I be any different? Am I not African, a product of the system? I may strive to do my best by denouncing the greatest tool of manipulation-foreign religions but cannot totally live out of the matrix as long as the matrix exists.
It’s simply a conversation we all need to have but I guess to you, it’s some sort of indictment; hence you reach for the word-hypocrisy.
you make strong assertions in your writing. I will be frank with you right off the bat – I dont believe that you believe in what you wrote up there. You just don’t come off as sincere nor as someone who holds a conviction in this matter. I also agree squarely with what KK just commented above.
Moreover you are wrong in some of the assumptions you base your point on. If you live in the UK how could you truly believe that Europeans are mainly Christians?? that’s palpably false sir. No European nation has legally/politically adopted Christianity as its religion nor does the majority of the population practice Christianity.
You chide other Africans for priding themselves in things European, but just see how you boast about having two degrees from ‘African: universities’? It shouldn’t matter should it? Blathering hypocrite!