For Bantu, being is inseparable from force, a transcendental unity Westerners can split

Evidence

“We can conceive the transcendental notion of ‘being’ by separating it from its attribute, ‘force’, but the Bantu cannot. ‘Force’ in his thought is a necessary element in ‘being’, and the concept ‘force’ is inseparable from the definition of ‘being’. There is no idea among Bantu of ‘being’ divorced from the idea of ‘force’” (Tempels, 1959, pp. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 526

Categorization

• DEFINE: The separable-vs-inseparable distinction between Western and Bantu ontology is the central conceptual claim.
• QUESTION: Does Tempels’s ‘Bantu cannot conceive being apart from force’ describe a genuine linguistic-conceptual structure or a projection?