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To What extent did the spread of Christianity violate Human Rights and Freedom in Africa? By Walubo Jude Tadeo

Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 01:10:23
Category: / History
Length: 7 pages (1928 words)
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subjugation of Africans, Coloureds and Indians for the sake of South Africa. Christian Missionaries based their principles and programmes on doctrines of racial superiority, relegated Africans to a second race, denying then the human respect. Christian missionaries never at one time had any respect for the religious freedom of Africans who practiced Traditional religion. They regarded Christianity and Traditional African religions as an equal and worked hard to eliminate them. There was a secret agreement …

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