Glimmerings: Between custom and Christianity

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August 4, 2006

Between custom and Christianity

Nana Akua Ageiwaah is an Ashanti queen mother and a Catholic

But there was a distinction between his prayer and that of Nana Ageiwaah - the chief aggressively prayed for judgement on those who would oppose the good of the people of Bekwai Dominasi, while Nana Ageiwaah refused to curse during her prayer.

She explained that when she became a queen mother she was a Christian and as she became closer to God she realised she had to reform the practice of cursing, because she felt it did not tie in with the Christian teachings of loving enemies.

BBC NEWS | Africa | Between custom and Christianity

Posted by thdyck on August 4, 2006

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