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BY SONNY MNCEDISI DUBE ABSTRACT Matters of faith, religion and or belief are the most sensitive if not the most contentious topics in conscious and subconscious debates. In light of most African countries’ controversial histories which sprung from Western colonial dictate and mould, conflict between modern Christianity and African Traditional Religion is far from smooth reconciliation. The prosperity of the former has seen the demise of the latter, and shockingly the passivity with which this subject is treated seem to justify the triumph of Christianity over African customs and cultural rites. These cultural rites which are a foundational basis for Africans as a people, the Christian dogma has castigated as demonic and devilish, diabolic and barbaric. As far as this seem to align perfectly to the ideal and preferred dogmatic framework of Christianity, it sadly does so simultaneously threatening the very existence of Africa and the dear values that holds and shapes it. How then d...

The story of Cecil the Lion told through the lenses of a fellow Lion.  By Sonny Mncedisi Dube  Do you remember my friend Cecil? He was a good one, a buddy. He was a friend to both humans and nonhuman animals alike. All the humans loved him, at least he thought they did, to some extent they sure did. We too thought the same, the affection, the attention and care they would dispense to him was something to be envied. He was on the spotlight; different human souls would flock from the farthest parts of the world to cherish this beauty of our kind. Cecil and all our kind alike really interest humans, the question as to why and how would least matter only if no harm came with this interest. The measure of human interest could be witnessed through photo shoot sprees that would colour the pastimes of their stay, with Cecil and a few others as centers of attraction. Who wouldn’t admire his benevolence and his unfailing cheerfulness, a remarkable creature Cecil was.  It wasn’t l...