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for lust, immorality and frivoli- came from South Afrika, he was about? The God I’m talking
ties that young Afrikans have my visitor. He wanted me to about knows all languages. He
turned it into. Meaning that the take him to Mt. Kenya, we have knows all the modes of wor-
modern day Afrikan youth does a place where people used to ship.” Eventually he agreed. We
not have the moral strength and go to worship; I pray there. I went and prayed and he said,
inner discipline to live out the said, “I don’t go beyond here “When you were praying, I felt
lifestyle of their forefathers they without praying.” He asked, something go in.” I said, “That is
are clamoring to want to be like. “Githae, you mean you pray? a strand of the energy.”
The ancient Afrikans value na- You’re a scientist. You pray?” I I brought up this story just to
ture as gift from the creator and said, “What do you mean sci- give a bit of clarity to the young
because of this, harmony and entist? What is science? Now Afrikans of these days claiming
balance was constant among that you have approached that that the ancient Afrikans did
them. When you put all these question in a scientific manner, not worship God and that their
things together, you will see that do you know that the world is spirituality is with the cosmos
the modern day Afrikan man's round? Do you know it is one and not the God that the Bible
problem is not the white man or of the heavenly bodies that go also talks about. For obviously,
his religion, it is indiscipline and round each other as they also those who are talking have no
a lack of regard for the life for rotate on their axis?” He said, connection at all with ancient
which his forefather was known “Yes.” I asked, “How much spiritual practices.
for. power does an object of the
caliber of the earth require to So while this lock down is still
The Myth in Afrikan Spiri- rotate on its axis? How much in place, take a critical look at
tuality power would the moon need to yourself and things, away from
The Msingi Afrika Magazine keep away from the earth as it your own pride and self-impor-
team had the honor of inter- rotates round to avoid crash- tance, away from your acute ig-
viewing Dr Jack Githae in one ing into one another?” I said, norance of who your forefathers
of our past issues. He is one “Whatever created and controls really were and how they lived,
you will call a custodian of those, it is the source I lift my away from your myopic mind
Afrikan indigenous medicine. At hands to, to get a strand of that that thinks that there is no God
age seventy five, he was close energy, because indeed it is the or that God is the Afrikan man's
to the days of the forefathers same energy that made you, problem, just maybe you can
more than many alive today, made me and it is it that makes see the foolishness of chasing
so we can tap into his opinion us communicate.” I said to him, things that have no eternal val-
about what the real Afrikan “If you want to come with me ue. Just maybe we can begin to
spirituality looked like. In that there, I will pray in English so have real conversations about
interview, he shared a very that you can follow.” He said, the Afrikan emancipation.
interesting story with us which I “No, it will spoil your prayer.” I
will put below. said, “What God are you talking
He said "One traditional healer
The Bushmen Tribe of Namibia. (Photo by Fhadj)
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