During the Imperialistic Era ( which some can argue is still going on today), the Christian countries ( Spain, England, Portugal etc...) who set out to attain colonies nearly always had Christian missionaries in tow. It was believed that in order to colonize you must also civilize the inhabitants of the area. This “civilizing” meant accepting Christianity and letting go of their ( the indigenous people’s) native lifestyle, especially the “primitive” religious ideas and their “uncivilized” thought.

The Xhosa religion was “ deeply ambivalent about life”( Peires, 31), while the Xhosa had been exposed to Christianity through missionaries, they still had deep rooted ideas about life and death. When small pox epidemic tore through Xhosa land, Christianity finally had a nice sized window to sneak in through. The Xhosa latched on to

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