African resistance to Christianity took traditionalist, radicalized, and modified forms.
Evidence
According to Magesa (2010, pp.119–123), the traditionalists, for example, chose to deliberately ignore Christian influences and retained their African world view, especially in matters of life and death; the radicalized wished to “restore the sovereignty of African culture and religion over all Africans belligerently”; and the modified group, which included African intellectuals, were afraid to publicly display their belief in African culture, so they resorted to practicing it in secrecy. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 162
Categorization
- XREF: The traditionalist/radicalized/modified typology resonates with broader typologies of resistance to colonial religion and cultural domination. — connects to: African Independent Churches integrated African beliefs into Christianity after schism.; Indigenous survival required a culture of resistance that blended assimilation and defiance. — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 189
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 162