27/01/2026
Any god that requires me to abandon my African name and answer to a European one before I can identify with Him is not my god.
My name carries my ancestry, my language, my history, and my spirit. It existed long before colonisation, long before missionaries, long before borders were drawn and cultures were renamed. If access to God demands the erasure of who I am, then that belief system is rooted in control, not divinity.
God does not need translation through empire.
Spirituality does not require cultural surrender.
Faith should elevate identity, not erase it.
Africa knew God before Europe arrived.
We prayed, named, worshipped, and believed long before we were told our names were “wrong.”
I refuse a god that only recognises me after I am renamed.
I choose truth over conditioning.
I choose identity over approval.
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