LACK OF REAL COMMUNICATION AS SOURCE OF CONFLICT BETWEEN EWE TWINS'RITES OF TOGO AND CHRISTIANITY
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2005
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Tangaza University College
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here is an Ewe proverb saying: "Agobaya mefoanu dzro o, dzogbeyae doa nufo
na ago" meaning that the fan-palm or `borassus flabellifer' does not make noise alone
in the desert, if not because of the disturbance of the wind. In other words, there is no
effect without cause.
The encounter of the gospel with the tradition is never a simple fact: it often
brings conflict. This is the case of Christianity and the Ewe twin's rites in Togo. Since
the introduction of the gospel by the missionaries in Togo, there was a kind of division
in twins' families due to the refusal of the tradition (rituals) vis-a-vis Christianity.
Some researches relate that there was no proper dialogue between the first
Missionaries and the participants of twins' rites converted into the Church. This lack of
dialogue or communication became source of conflicts between African tradition and
Christianity.
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LACK OF REAL COMMUNICATION AS SOURCE OF CONFLICT BETWEEN EWE TWINS'RITES OF TOGO AND CHRISTIANITY