Kutsite kusenjalo kuchamuke imoto yemngani waTom. Tom ayimise basho etulu. Isuke imoto njalo idvonse. Atsi kwehla emaphaphu nakuTom. ANDREW: Palesa, uyangiphukuta Vele ukhona lotsatsa sincumo. Kumele kubekhona loshoko kutsi lishezi lingumalini? 13.4. Uma ngabe ngishade ngemshado wekuhlanganisela imphahla ngiyacinisekisa kutsi ngiyitfolile imvume endvodzeni/emfatini wami yekutsi ngivule I-akhawunti nekwemukela kukhushulwa kweMkhawulo weSikweleti kanye/noma Umkhawulo we-Akhawunti lofanele I-akhawunti yami. It is easy on hindsight, to speak of the African culture meeting with the Western and Christian cultures in an atmosphere of mutual tolerance and in search of those common elements than reinforce the values embedded in each culture. This has not always been the case. Colonialism did not create space for African culture. The dominant group did not recognise that the African culture has its own wisdom, insights and values that informed the lives of Africans. African culture appeared to have had an arrested growth. At any rate the aspiration of the dominant group was to civilize the Africans or to assimilate them into their culture. At times the intention was to keep them at bay. This was the case under the apartheid system. It was the refusal to recognize Africans as equals, the refusal to recognize their own worldview and its inherent values, that gave rise to the emergence of exlusively Africa churches. It was also this denial that compelled Africans to accept Christianity and yet cling to their own culture. The upshot was that the African culture in many ways remained closed and challenged in part by the new dominant culture or aspects of it withred away under pressure from both western and Christian cultures.