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4.4 Budlelwane nemtselela wenkholo yebuKhrestu enkholweni
yesintfu
Bantfu labanyenti bangakhuta umhlolo uma ungabatjela kutsi
kunebudlelwane emkhatsini wenkholo yesintfu kanye neliBhayibheli. Vele
kungabacaka kutsi lowekunene usanganiswe yini afuna kuhJanganisa emanti
nemafutsa ingani kutsatfwa kwangatsi inkholo yesintfu iphikisana
neliBhayibheli noma-ke inkholo yebuKhrestu. Loku kusukela ekutseni
nakufika inkholo yebuKhrestu, bantfu batjelwa kutsi balahle konkhe
lokuphatselene nemasiko ngoba naku phela kumadimoni akukabusiseki.
Loku amange kugdne ngemasiko kuphela kepha ngisho kwamagama esintfu
bewungeke nani.ubhajatiswe ungatfoli Iigama lesilumbi nobe lebuKhrestu
lelitsatselwe eBhayibhelini. Kepha-ke uma sibuka kahle kutsi IiBhayibheli
litsini, kuyatfolakala kutsi inkholo yesintfu esikhatsini lesinyenti ihamba
endleleni yeliBhayibheli. Kantsi phela kungavumeli kutsi bantfu bendzabuko
bachube emasiko abo ngiko kanye lekwenta kwekutsi inkholo yabo ibonakale
kwangatsi yemadimoni. T1hagale encwadzini lehlelwe nguMakobane
nalabanye, (1995) ubeka ngalendJela kuchaza bumetima inkhoJo yesintfu
leyahlangabetana nabo kubelumbi:
It is easy on hindsight, to speak of the African culture meeting
with the Western and Christian cultures in an atmosphere of
mutual tolerance and in search of those common elements than
reinforce the values embedded in each culture. This has not
always been the case. Colonialism did not create space for
African culture. The dominant group did not recognise that the
African culture has its own Wisdom, insights and values that
informed the lives of Africans. African culture appeared to have
had an arrested growth. At any rate the aspiration of the
dominant group was to civilize the Africans or to assimilate
them into their culture. At times the intention was to keep
them at bay. This was the case under the apartheid system. It
was the refusal to recognize Africans as equals, the refusal to
recognize their own worldview and its inherent values, that
gave rise to the emergence of exlusively Africa churches. It
was also this denial that compelled Africans to accept
Christianity and yet cling to their own culture. The upshot was
that the African culture in many ways remained closed and
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