A Zimbabwean man during this time of European imperialism said the following:
“When you [Europeans] came, you had the Bible and we [Africans] had the land. Now, we have the Bible and you have the land”.
What do you think he means and describe what he implies about the impact of missionaries on Afraka?
The Zimbabwean man spoke with pure wisdom. He is saying that before the Europeans invaded, colonized, and carved Africa up into countries, Africa belonged to Afrakans, which is oxymoronic because before Europeans, Afrakans took no ownership of the land. The concept of land ownership did not make sense, which is why it was so easy for Europeans to claim ownership. But I digress.
In playing by the rules that they [Europeans] created in their unethical confrences, they first had to acknowledged that Afrakans own the land by default, having occupied it since creation. Therefore, they [Europeans] could not gain ownership unless some sort of exchange took place. It was then that they [Europeans] devised a twisted plan they call the (exchange of Salvation).
In other words, they came to save AfRAkans from the Sin of not knowing God, and in exchange, they claimed the land for their empires in Europe. The funny part is that they didn’t do it to trick AfRAkans, they did it to protect themselves from their own unethical Nature. (conquests between European nations)
Sadly; A lot of Afrakans are still mentally enslaved by this “Salvation Exchange” today. They will not reclaim African lands from the imperialists in Europe because they want to be good Christians. Likewise, they will not reclaim their land from the Arabs because they want to be good Muslims. Dark as night Africans in Sudan are killing each other today after swearing blind that they are Arabs.
Isn’t it ironic that Zimbabwe is one of the only Afrakan countries to reclaim their land from European imperialists?
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