Religion from the African perspective

By Anthony Akinola

Two athletes, one African and one British, were interviewed after the successful conclusion of their respective events.  The African who had won an event attributed her success to the grace of God.  "He touched my limbs, I could not have done it without him."  The British athlete, on the other hand, gave substantial credit to her coach as she attributed her success to a regime of rigorous training.

Of course, glory must be given to God for all we are able to achieve as mortal human beings.  There are certain things we are never going to achieve in life either because we are too tall or too short!  The natural attributes which propel us to unimaginable heights can hardly be purchased in the cosmetic market.  However, our natural attributes or talents could be a waste if not augmented by appropriate training.  In short, there is something to be celebrated in the explanations both athletes attributed to their individual successes.

Those of us exposed to cultures other than our own have exciting stories about the gulf of differences in cultures.  The British man or woman may be quite happy to say "Happy New Year" to you but cannot understand why you need to keep praying for what you would like God to do for them in the New Year.  He or she knows, for instance, that to own a home one would have to approach a bank for a mortgage!

There is this temptation on my part to assume or conclude that the British, for instance, may be more rational than the Nigerian.  This writer is hardly the most rational of human beings, so there is an element of self-criticism here!  Even among the British who go to church there is hardly the punctuation of every conceivable sentence with "in Jesus name" as is common among Nigerian Christians.  They believe that a lot of problems can be resolved without having to involve Jesus.  One sometimes wonders if Britain was indeed the nation that introduced Christianity to Nigeria, not least because the life of the typical Briton is no longer dominated by religion.

I think I have a perspective into the Christian religion as is currently practised in Nigeria and this perspective came from a discussion with a Nigerian lady who once told me that "people have their different reasons for going to church".  I tried to argue that there is only one universal reason why people should go to church, to worship God and assimilate the Christian culture and that the blessings of the Lord, either here or in heaven, come with devotion to the cause.  Wanting to win an election, or  wanting to be rich, should not be the motivating factor for wanting to go to church.  Unfortunately, the Nigerian lady was talking from experience which, in itself, explains why many Nigerians have become vulnerable to exploitation in the hands of fake pastors who claim to have divine power for all sorts of problems. They stage-manage miracles, fooling man and testing the patience of God

The Nigerian early Churches were what the Church still is in some societies.  The priest prays with and for the congregation without claiming to have the power to reveal what lies ahead.  Many Nigerians want to know what the future holds for them and they also seek miracles.  Otherwise, how do you explain the fact that some Nigerians phone their pastors back home in Nigeria asking to be prayed for so that their visas can be extended here in Britain?  We are a people cocooned in ignorance and that is the major problem. 

The Christian Church has impacted greatly on Nigeria, especially the southern part of it.  Of course, Christianity came with colonisation but the society in general has not been the worse for it.  The achievements of the early missionaries are well documented and such achievements can be seen in the areas of education and health.  It can be said without much contradiction that Christianity has contributed substantially to the foundation of our society. 

The Church continues to play a prominent part in development.  Even a few recent churches have established universities of relatively good quality.  The Church must continue to make its presence felt in areas of community development, as well as in improving the morals of our peoples.  The Nigerian nation, sadly, is one of the most corrupt in the world – something of an irony for a nation which undoubtedly is also one of the most religious.  The Church, therefore, has an ideological responsibility to engage in the war against corruption and a moral one to discourage materialism and ostentatious living which Jesus Christ so much detested in the predispositions of the Pharisees.

Is the perception of the Christian Church as a vanguard of morality well represented by pastors flying all over the place in private jets while most of their flock go about hungry and bare footed?  I tried to appraise the issue of some Nigerian pastors and their private jets with an open mind – bad roads and long distances to travel – but a British theologian seemed to have convinced me that "it is not the way to propagate the gospel".  The trend we are witnessing is tailored towards the culture of those boisterous American pastors who tend to explain every big thing they have – houses, cars and yachts – as the favour of God.  They feed fat while their followers grow thin.  It will be sad if Nigerians now aspire to the leadership of the Church, as they do in politics, solely because it is perceived as an avenue to  affluence and flamboyance.

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The War on Women in Abuja

Jibrin Ibrahim, Friday Column, Daily Trust, 3^rdMy 2019

There is an open war against women in Abuja and the justification is a moral crusade against so-called prostitutes but not their male customers who are apparently considered the moral pillars of contemporary Nigerian society. Over the past two weeks, raids were organized in different locations leading to the arrest of over 100 women by agents of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Joint Task Team. The first raid about two weeks ago was at a popular night club, Caramelo, where 34 females, alleged to be nude dancers, were arrested. This was followed by the arrest of another 70 women in different clubs on Wednesday and Friday last week. The women were taken to Utako police station, Abuja and detained.

It is important to note that for the past two decades, this task force has been systematically arresting women in the streets after 10pm and any woman seen outside is assumed to be a criminal and prostitute and treated as such. Independent Nigeria has therefore fully restored the colonial rules of arbitrarily arresting people in the streets for "loitering and wondering" but this time the targets are exclusively female. They have made complete nonsense of our Constitution which protects the human rights of all Nigerians including the right to walk in the streets, day and night. They are also disregarding the right that you cannot be assumed to be a criminal simply because you are found at a location at a certain time.  

Concordant reports indicate that some of these women were sexually assaulted and released after the "moral policemen" had sex with them. Others paid bribes and were released and it was the few that refused to be blackmailed that were taken to court and charged with prostitution. It is really shameful that this would occur in the capital city of Nigeria. The charge of prostitution has become an instrument for committing terrible crimes against women. All the clubs had men and women in them but they picked on only the women, a blatantly discriminatory approach. Some of the women were professionals, AND YES RESPONSIBLE PROFESSIONAL WOMEN ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO AND ENJOY THEMSELVES IN CLUBS JUST AS MEN. The women who resisted arrest and made the argument they have a right to go to clubs were thoroughly beaten up for daring to stand for their rights.

The Federal Capital Authority has made the argument that one of the night clubs is supposed to be a clinic and was illegally turned into a night club. It that was the case, the authorities should have no issue with guests, their case should have been with the proprietor, whose business could have been closed and the person prosecuted. They did nothing to the proprietor and just arrested the women who were there enjoying themselves.

The Abuja authorities justify their war on women on the basis of the implementation of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board Act 1997, which is a statutory act applicable in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The law gives them powers to: "Keep owned or occupied tenements clean, neat, keep grass low and trim, cut and trim flowers; keep drainage running through the tenement free from blockage. Provide adequate dust bin and sanitary convenience; must not dry cloths in front of the balcony or in front of his premises or on hedges or sidewalks, must not keep animals or birds likely to cause nuisance; must not use residential premises for the sale of alcoholic drinks or as a restaurant or for other commercial activity." Out of all these responsibilities, their only focus is skimpily dressed women. The law provides as punishment the payment of N5,000 and or imprisonment from one month to six months or both depending on the offence. This is the basis on which they collect the N5,000 from all the women they arrest and sexually abuse them when they do not have the money or refuse to pay.

This blatant violation of human rights in Abuja must stop and the officials prosecuted for their crimes against so many women. The women still in detention must be released immediately. When I raised this issue in the social media, many people intervened to tell me that I am supposed to be responsible man so I should not defend prostitutes engaged in illegal acts. The act in question is dancing and I do not know how dancing can be defined as prostitution. Secondly, even if some prostitutes attend such clubs, other women also attend. One of the women arrested for example is a youth corper visiting Abuja for the Easter vacation. In Nigerian law, you are innocent until proved guilty. The most important issue for me however is that the task force calls every woman they see at night a "prostitute" because they know that in our sexist society defined by bigotry and hypocrisy, "responsible" men will keep quiet and watch the way as soon as a woman has been labelled a "prostitute". All responsible men should have a different attitude, they should come out and defend any woman who is labelled a prostitute without proof. When such men start doing the needful, the task force will be forced to stop the massive violations of the rights of women they are engaged in.

The recent raids are being organized on the basis of an unholy alliance between anAbuja-based NGO, the Society Against Prostitution and Child Labour in Nigeria (SAP-CLN), in collaboration with Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) on a moral crusade to rid Abuja of prostitutes. This NGO should ask itself the ethical and moral basis of declaring every woman out at night as a prostitute. They should ask themselves the basis on which they provide support for rape and sexual assault on women. I understand their concern that "innocent" men are being dragged into sin by prostitutes, but should they not focus their attention on moral and ethical reinforcement of the men to resist the said temptation. Prostitution, according to the police is said to be illegal under AEPB law and offenders risk fines and jail terms. The problem however is that there is no definition of who is a prostitute. In the absence of a definition, two criteria have been developed – a woman, in the streets or in a club must be a prostitute. This is lawlessness of the highest order. The worst aspect is that many of the women taken to court are forced to "confess" being prostitutes to get a smaller fine and then have the conviction in their records for the rest of their lives. All those who have suffered this indignity should sue SAP-CLN  for their role in spoiling their names. Their activities violate the rights of women guaranteed in our Constitution. Once again, I call on all responsible men to stand up and defend all these innocent women who are baselessly and illegally declared to be prostitutes without evidence. FCDA STOP THE WAR AGAINST WOMEN.

 

Professor Jibrin Ibrahim

Senior Fellow

Centre for Democracy and Development, Abuja

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Brother Anthony Akinola! Thanks for the stimulating thoughts. Give us this day, our daily bread.

I actually agree with that woman who told you that "people have their different reasons for going to church." She has stated an eternal truth about the human condition, which is that there is simply no way we can provide a single unifying explanation for the behavior of individuals in a group. Some people attend religious services not because they believe in God, but perhaps because they need a community. In some societies, the dominant religions provide the only convenient communities for people to relate to one another. If you live in a theocratic society, you better pretend to believe what others believe otherwise your neck will soon be looking for its head. Ask Giordano Bruno (1548 – 1600). Galileo was lucky (and smart enough) to recant his truth. In societies where religion provides job opportunities and careers, clever people take the opportunity. If being an imam or a priest is a way to save you and your relatives from poverty, why not become a priest or an Imam? Actually, one doesn't need to believe in God to be any of the above; one needs to be a good performer. Of course, many priests and imams believe what they preach.

Religion no longer makes much difference in many Western societies, especially in Europe, simply because there are now more opportunities to make a living and to be in communities. And people know all about the invention of God, that is, the history of God. Even then, clever politicians know that it is a safe bet to claim to further traditional Christian values. Could anyone be smarter than Donald Trump in this regard? Or even Obama?

The other evening, I was watching physicist Carl Sagan's 1994 lecture on YouTube. He never fails to reiterate how miniscule our earth is in our galaxy. Tiny dust. Remember that our galaxy is just one of the many billion galaxies in the universe. And when we learn that the earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago, one smiles when one reads about the God who supposedly created heaven and earth out of nothing and in seven days. Yet, that is no reason not to be religious. Neither does it justify being dismissive of the many noble efforts in history to make sense of the mystery of being.

But it is a mistake to conflate religion with morality. God and morality are two different things. A person can be moral without being religious. The reverse holds. But I don't blame Christians and Muslims for thinking that God is Good and Good is God. I blame Plato, who turned philosophy into an exercise in mysticism. Most Europeans have seen the behind-the-scene activities of the huge drama called religion. They only have to look back in history and see the noble efforts their thinkers and scientists made to liberate them from ignorance.

 

Speaking of rich men of God. What is happening in Nigeria is nothing compared to the situation in Europe before Martin Luther's reformation initiated a long history of intellectual struggle that culminated in the Enlightenment.

Like you, I believe that religious people, indeed, all people should commit to the notion of the common good. One of my heroes, Tai Solarin, did just that. And he achieved a lot without invoking the name of any deity. He just loved humanity. No developing society ever makes any significant stride toward greater self-understanding and human flourishing until you have a critical mass of such people.

Chielozona

Chielozona Eze

Professor, African Literature and Cultural Studies, Northeastern Illinois University; Extraordinary Professor, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.Fellow - Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies, South Africa
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My latest book: Race, Decolonization, and Global Citizenship in South Africa.

On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 8:22 AM Anthony Akinola <anthony.a.akinola@gmail.com> wrote:

Religion from the African perspective

By Anthony Akinola

Two athletes, one African and one British, were interviewed after the successful conclusion of their respective events.  The African who had won an event attributed her success to the grace of God.  "He touched my limbs, I could not have done it without him."  The British athlete, on the other hand, gave substantial credit to her coach as she attributed her success to a regime of rigorous training.

Of course, glory must be given to God for all we are able to achieve as mortal human beings.  There are certain things we are never going to achieve in life either because we are too tall or too short!  The natural attributes which propel us to unimaginable heights can hardly be purchased in the cosmetic market.  However, our natural attributes or talents could be a waste if not augmented by appropriate training.  In short, there is something to be celebrated in the explanations both athletes attributed to their individual successes.

Those of us exposed to cultures other than our own have exciting stories about the gulf of differences in cultures.  The British man or woman may be quite happy to say "Happy New Year" to you but cannot understand why you need to keep praying for what you would like God to do for them in the New Year.  He or she knows, for instance, that to own a home one would have to approach a bank for a mortgage!

There is this temptation on my part to assume or conclude that the British, for instance, may be more rational than the Nigerian.  This writer is hardly the most rational of human beings, so there is an element of self-criticism here!  Even among the British who go to church there is hardly the punctuation of every conceivable sentence with "in Jesus name" as is common among Nigerian Christians.  They believe that a lot of problems can be resolved without having to involve Jesus.  One sometimes wonders if Britain was indeed the nation that introduced Christianity to Nigeria, not least because the life of the typical Briton is no longer dominated by religion.

I think I have a perspective into the Christian religion as is currently practised in Nigeria and this perspective came from a discussion with a Nigerian lady who once told me that "people have their different reasons for going to church".  I tried to argue that there is only one universal reason why people should go to church, to worship God and assimilate the Christian culture and that the blessings of the Lord, either here or in heaven, come with devotion to the cause.  Wanting to win an election, or  wanting to be rich, should not be the motivating factor for wanting to go to church.  Unfortunately, the Nigerian lady was talking from experience which, in itself, explains why many Nigerians have become vulnerable to exploitation in the hands of fake pastors who claim to have divine power for all sorts of problems. They stage-manage miracles, fooling man and testing the patience of God

The Nigerian early Churches were what the Church still is in some societies.  The priest prays with and for the congregation without claiming to have the power to reveal what lies ahead.  Many Nigerians want to know what the future holds for them and they also seek miracles.  Otherwise, how do you explain the fact that some Nigerians phone their pastors back home in Nigeria asking to be prayed for so that their visas can be extended here in Britain?  We are a people cocooned in ignorance and that is the major problem. 

The Christian Church has impacted greatly on Nigeria, especially the southern part of it.  Of course, Christianity came with colonisation but the society in general has not been the worse for it.  The achievements of the early missionaries are well documented and such achievements can be seen in the areas of education and health.  It can be said without much contradiction that Christianity has contributed substantially to the foundation of our society. 

The Church continues to play a prominent part in development.  Even a few recent churches have established universities of relatively good quality.  The Church must continue to make its presence felt in areas of community development, as well as in improving the morals of our peoples.  The Nigerian nation, sadly, is one of the most corrupt in the world – something of an irony for a nation which undoubtedly is also one of the most religious.  The Church, therefore, has an ideological responsibility to engage in the war against corruption and a moral one to discourage materialism and ostentatious living which Jesus Christ so much detested in the predispositions of the Pharisees.

Is the perception of the Christian Church as a vanguard of morality well represented by pastors flying all over the place in private jets while most of their flock go about hungry and bare footed?  I tried to appraise the issue of some Nigerian pastors and their private jets with an open mind – bad roads and long distances to travel – but a British theologian seemed to have convinced me that "it is not the way to propagate the gospel".  The trend we are witnessing is tailored towards the culture of those boisterous American pastors who tend to explain every big thing they have – houses, cars and yachts – as the favour of God.  They feed fat while their followers grow thin.  It will be sad if Nigerians now aspire to the leadership of the Church, as they do in politics, solely because it is perceived as an avenue to  affluence and flamboyance.

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Thanks a lot, for this stimulating read, Brother Jibrin,

I have always believed that the test of every civilization is the degree to which people respond to the pain of others. When we become numb to the humiliation of others, we might as well kiss our collective humanity goodbye. The war against women is the war against all.

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Chielozona Eze

Professor, African Literature and Cultural Studies, Northeastern Illinois University; Extraordinary Professor, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.Fellow - Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies, South Africa
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On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 5:09 AM Jibrin Ibrahim <jibrinibrahim891@gmail.com> wrote:

The War on Women in Abuja

Jibrin Ibrahim, Friday Column, Daily Trust, 3^rdMy 2019

There is an open war against women in Abuja and the justification is a moral crusade against so-called prostitutes but not their male customers who are apparently considered the moral pillars of contemporary Nigerian society. Over the past two weeks, raids were organized in different locations leading to the arrest of over 100 women by agents of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Joint Task Team. The first raid about two weeks ago was at a popular night club, Caramelo, where 34 females, alleged to be nude dancers, were arrested. This was followed by the arrest of another 70 women in different clubs on Wednesday and Friday last week. The women were taken to Utako police station, Abuja and detained.

It is important to note that for the past two decades, this task force has been systematically arresting women in the streets after 10pm and any woman seen outside is assumed to be a criminal and prostitute and treated as such. Independent Nigeria has therefore fully restored the colonial rules of arbitrarily arresting people in the streets for "loitering and wondering" but this time the targets are exclusively female. They have made complete nonsense of our Constitution which protects the human rights of all Nigerians including the right to walk in the streets, day and night. They are also disregarding the right that you cannot be assumed to be a criminal simply because you are found at a location at a certain time.  

Concordant reports indicate that some of these women were sexually assaulted and released after the "moral policemen" had sex with them. Others paid bribes and were released and it was the few that refused to be blackmailed that were taken to court and charged with prostitution. It is really shameful that this would occur in the capital city of Nigeria. The charge of prostitution has become an instrument for committing terrible crimes against women. All the clubs had men and women in them but they picked on only the women, a blatantly discriminatory approach. Some of the women were professionals, AND YES RESPONSIBLE PROFESSIONAL WOMEN ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO AND ENJOY THEMSELVES IN CLUBS JUST AS MEN. The women who resisted arrest and made the argument they have a right to go to clubs were thoroughly beaten up for daring to stand for their rights.

The Federal Capital Authority has made the argument that one of the night clubs is supposed to be a clinic and was illegally turned into a night club. It that was the case, the authorities should have no issue with guests, their case should have been with the proprietor, whose business could have been closed and the person prosecuted. They did nothing to the proprietor and just arrested the women who were there enjoying themselves.

The Abuja authorities justify their war on women on the basis of the implementation of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board Act 1997, which is a statutory act applicable in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The law gives them powers to: "Keep owned or occupied tenements clean, neat, keep grass low and trim, cut and trim flowers; keep drainage running through the tenement free from blockage. Provide adequate dust bin and sanitary convenience; must not dry cloths in front of the balcony or in front of his premises or on hedges or sidewalks, must not keep animals or birds likely to cause nuisance; must not use residential premises for the sale of alcoholic drinks or as a restaurant or for other commercial activity." Out of all these responsibilities, their only focus is skimpily dressed women. The law provides as punishment the payment of N5,000 and or imprisonment from one month to six months or both depending on the offence. This is the basis on which they collect the N5,000 from all the women they arrest and sexually abuse them when they do not have the money or refuse to pay.

This blatant violation of human rights in Abuja must stop and the officials prosecuted for their crimes against so many women. The women still in detention must be released immediately. When I raised this issue in the social media, many people intervened to tell me that I am supposed to be responsible man so I should not defend prostitutes engaged in illegal acts. The act in question is dancing and I do not know how dancing can be defined as prostitution. Secondly, even if some prostitutes attend such clubs, other women also attend. One of the women arrested for example is a youth corper visiting Abuja for the Easter vacation. In Nigerian law, you are innocent until proved guilty. The most important issue for me however is that the task force calls every woman they see at night a "prostitute" because they know that in our sexist society defined by bigotry and hypocrisy, "responsible" men will keep quiet and watch the way as soon as a woman has been labelled a "prostitute". All responsible men should have a different attitude, they should come out and defend any woman who is labelled a prostitute without proof. When such men start doing the needful, the task force will be forced to stop the massive violations of the rights of women they are engaged in.

The recent raids are being organized on the basis of an unholy alliance between anAbuja-based NGO, the Society Against Prostitution and Child Labour in Nigeria (SAP-CLN), in collaboration with Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) on a moral crusade to rid Abuja of prostitutes. This NGO should ask itself the ethical and moral basis of declaring every woman out at night as a prostitute. They should ask themselves the basis on which they provide support for rape and sexual assault on women. I understand their concern that "innocent" men are being dragged into sin by prostitutes, but should they not focus their attention on moral and ethical reinforcement of the men to resist the said temptation. Prostitution, according to the police is said to be illegal under AEPB law and offenders risk fines and jail terms. The problem however is that there is no definition of who is a prostitute. In the absence of a definition, two criteria have been developed – a woman, in the streets or in a club must be a prostitute. This is lawlessness of the highest order. The worst aspect is that many of the women taken to court are forced to "confess" being prostitutes to get a smaller fine and then have the conviction in their records for the rest of their lives. All those who have suffered this indignity should sue SAP-CLN  for their role in spoiling their names. Their activities violate the rights of women guaranteed in our Constitution. Once again, I call on all responsible men to stand up and defend all these innocent women who are baselessly and illegally declared to be prostitutes without evidence. FCDA STOP THE WAR AGAINST WOMEN.

 

Professor Jibrin Ibrahim

Senior Fellow

Centre for Democracy and Development, Abuja

Follow me on twitter @jibrinibrahim17

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