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Ndayisaba Gateka

Ndayisaba Gateka is a Burundian independent analyst on religion and its impact on culture in Africa. He works in the healthcare sector.

God is one of us

Ndayisaba Gateka Jul 25, 2021

I read with keen interest Giramata’s article titled “What if God was one of us” where she rightly notes that the idea of a divine being has been subconsciously assumed by Africans to be foreign from their cultures, and that the collective…
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The West Taught Africans Christian Forgiveness While Practicing Strategic Forgiveness

Ndayisaba Gateka Jun 10, 2021

Much has been said and written about the impact of colonialism on African communities: the occupation and consolidation strategies, as well as the transformation of the way Africans think about themselves. Moreover, as the younger…
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The separation of arts and sciences is a colonial poison

Ndayisaba Gateka Jun 1, 2020

Art sciences are despised in favor of the natural sciences in many African societies. In fact, this trend has been obvious during, and especially after, colonization in many of our African nations. The fear is that the African child…
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If Africans freely accept to be dominated then they don’t deserve freedom

Ndayisaba Gateka May 18, 2020

A debate on identity has raged in much of post-colonial African political and intellectual discourse. Much of the debate centres on the culture and politics of naming, especially on whether Africans should continue to bear European names,…
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Pan African Review

Pan African Review is a platform that challenges assumptions about Africa and a space for introspective perspectives on matters of concern to Africans.