Ifyo Kristendomu Aabyala mu Africa
MU 1867, Charles Lavigerie, Katolika umwina France, aishile ku Africa pamo nga shikofu mukalamba wasontelwe umupya uwa ku Algiers. “Lesa nasala France,” e fyo asosele, “ukupanga Algeria intendekelo ya luko lukalamba kabili ulwa Bwina Kristu.”
Iciloto ca kwa Lavigerie catanunukile bushilya bwa Algeria. Na kuba, atumine bamishonari ukulalanya amatololo mu kuba no buyo bwa “kuminkanya Africa wabela Pa Kati no wa ku kapinda ka ku Kuso ku bumi bwa nsangi ubwa Kristendomu.”
Pa nshita imo ine, mu mbali shabela ku masamba, ku kapinda ka ku kulyo, ne sha ku kabanga ka calo cikalamba, bamishonari ba ciProtestanti baali kale kale balebomba. Bashipikishe amafya ayengi, pamo nga libili libili ukwikatwa ku bulwele bwa mpepo, mu kuba ne fishibilo fya buko ifya kututuma, ukupiba, ne nsaisai. Bwangu bwangu ukunashiwa ku malwele ya mu ncende shakabisha, abengi balifwile mu kwangufyanya pa numa ya kufika. Lelo bambi batwalilile ukulaisa. “Uuli onse uwendauka mu Africa,” e fyalandile Adlai Stevenson, “libili libili acinkulwako ulwa kupama kwa bamishonari. . . . Balwishishe umubongola, cele, utushishi utuleta malwele kabili . . . namwene . . . inshishi shabo—ukupulinkana mu Africa.”
Ifisabo fya Bumishonari
Ilyo bamishonari bapekele mu Africa, basangile ukuti inko ishingi bali abashibelenga. “Pa ndimi shaba mupepi ne myanda cinekonsekonse [isha cina Africa],” e filondolola Ram Desai mu citabo cakwe Christianity in Africa as Seen by Africans, “ni shine epela ishali shalembwa pa ntanshi ya kwisa kwa bamishonari.” E co bamishonari basangile inshila ya kulembelamo ishi ndimi shishalembelwe. Lyene baleteleko ifitabo no kutendeko kusambilisha abantu ukubelenga. Kuli iyo mifwaile bakuulile amasukulu ukupulinkana Africa.
Bamishonari na kabili bakuulile ifipatala. “Takwabako icibombelo cimbi icingalingana ne calembwa cabo ica mulimo wa kwangwa abantu,” e fisumina Ram Desai. Pa mbali ya kusakamana kwa fya cipatala, abena Africa bafwaile ifikwatwa fya ku Europe. Bamishonari bamo baimike ififulo fya makwebo, apantu basumine ukuti ici kuti cacebusha abapilibuka. Ku ca kumwenako, Basel Mission ukufuma ku Switzerland yaimike akampani ka bukwebo mu Ghana. Basangile ukuti imiti ya cacao yalekula bwino kulya, kabili ilelo Ghana e kafumfumuna wakulisha walenga butatu mu calo uwa cocoa.
Ica kupwishishisha capulamo ica bamishonari ba Kristendomu cali kupilibula kwabo Baibolo. Nalyo line ukwananya ubukombe bwa Baibolo cisendako icishingamo cacila napo ukukakala. Umutumwa wa Bwina Kristu Paulo alangishe ici pa kwipusha ukuti: “E ico iwe, we usambilisha umbi, bushe te ti uisambilishe we mwine? We ubila, auti, Leko kwiba, bushe uleba?” Baibolo isoko kuti abo abasambilisha ubuKristu bafwile abene bene ukwikalila ku fishinte fisuma ifyatantikwa mu Cebo ca kwa Lesa.—Abena Roma 2:21, 24.
Ni shani ku lwa kutumwa kwa Kristendomu ku Africa? Bushe kwalicindika Lesa wa mu Baibolo, nelyo bushe kwalimininako bubi bubi ifisambilisho fya Bwina Kristu?