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of all creation, no matter the different names used to address
him.
. Kepha nobe sekuvakele kutsi vele bantfu bayamhlonipha uMdali futsi bayati
kutsi nguye yedvwa lowadala konkhe lokukhona emhlabeni kepha kukhona
labacabanga kutsi bantfu labaMnyama abamati kahle uMdali. Loku kuvakala
kahle emagameni lashiwo nguPere Noel Baudin nga-1BBS. Baudin Iona
abengumMishinari wemaKhatholika kantsi lapha simcaphuna encwadzini ya­
Idowu/ (1976) nakabeka atsi:
In these religious systems/ the idea of a God is fundamental;
they believe in the existence of a supreme, primordial being,
the lord of the universe, which is his work ... and withstanding
the abundant testimony of the existence of God/ it is practically
only a vast pantheism - a participation of all elements of the
divine nature which as it were diffused throughout them all ...
Although deeply imbued with polytheism/ the blacks have not
lost the idea of the true God: yet their idea of him is very
confused and obscure ... God alone escapes both androgynism
and conjugal association; nor have the blacks any statue or
symbol to represent Him. He is considered the supreme
primordial being, the author and the father of the gods and
genii ... However/ notwithstanding all these nations, the idea
they have of God is most unworthy of His Divine Majesty. They
represent that God, after having commenced the organization
of the world, changed Obatala with the completion and
govemment of it, retired and entered into an eternal rest,
occupying Himself only with His own happiness: too great to
interest Himself in the affairs of this world. He remains like a
negro king, in a sleep of idleness...
(Idowu, 1976:140).
Lamavi langenhla achaza ngalokusebaleni kutsi kulabaMhlophe inkholo
yebantfu iyintfo lengenamsebenti futsi ngesingabo loMvelinchanti lesitsi
siyamati sisuke sitibhedzela nje. Loku ngiko lokwenta kutsi nakufika
laMishinari afike atsi atesigucula ngobe acabanga kutsi singemacaba. Lentfo
leyo iyimbangela yalokunyenti lokumonakalo lokhona eveni lakhile. Kantsi
empeleni lamacaba labatsi singuwo umlandvo ukubeka kucace kutsi nanayo
iYurophu inguloku lesikubona inguko namuhla isuka khashane. Ingwenyama
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