The Traditional Religious Leaders among the Gogo Society Of Central Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorChilala, Mlabu E.
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-12T12:29:51Z
dc.date.available2019-02-12T12:29:51Z
dc.date.issued1999-02-12
dc.description.abstract"My son; for the contemporary generation and this religion of yours, it is very difficult to understand and appreciate what has been done and what is being done by the real traditional diviners". It is a statement by an old lady, about eighty years old, called Chando Msonjela When I was interviewing her, in detail about the traditional religious leaders in the Nyambwa community she was not comfortable, because it is her belief that the world we are living is quite different from the world she lived; we are living in a chaotic world. The reasons being that, there is no respect for the traditional customs, traditional religious leaders are becoming fewer and fewer and most of those who are calling themselves traditional religious leaders are not true diviners but liars. Her world view is just in a small village called Sanza and other neighbouring villages in the Eastern part of Singida region in Tanzania. Mama Chando, was trying to express how it is becoming so difficult for the new generation to value and appreciate the traditional religious leaders in the Nyambwa community; this community is part of the (logo society in central part of Tanzania. The Gogo society is divided into two main communities, the Nyaugogo community in the eastern and central part of Dodoma, and the Nyambwa community which is in the western part of Dodoma and the eastern part of Singida region, situated in the Central Rift Valley . These two communities speak the same language but they differ in accent and some few expressions of words. As a result of my interviews from experienced elders of the Nyarnbwa community and going through different books, I hope that this paper will be helpful for us to understand about the traditional religious leaders in Africa, using the Gogo society specially the Nyambwa sub-group, as a case study. In this paper I will try to explain the reality of the African traditional religious leaders, their existence, role and how the African communities looked at them. Explaining the past about these religious leaders it will not be enough without trying to see , what is the attitude of the contemporary society toward them. Having an idea of who are these religious leaders and their importance to the African societies it will not help us, unless we pick something from them that could help our Christian priests and the whole Christian community at large in their Missionary work. The song of inculturation will not click to any mind, unless the wisdom and knowledge of the African traditional religious leaders is consulted,since their wisdom is the foundation of the African beliefs. It is my hope that, something positive and educative from the African traditions will come out. With open and critical mind we will be able to understand the African traditions, which later on is going to be very helpful for our missions in Africa.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/585
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTangaza University Collegeen_US
dc.subjectTraditionalen_US
dc.subjectReligiousen_US
dc.subjectSocietyen_US
dc.subjectAfrican Traditionalen_US
dc.subjectMissionariesen_US
dc.subjectReligious Leadersen_US
dc.subjectDivinersen_US
dc.subjectMedicine Men and Women.en_US
dc.subjectSeersen_US
dc.subjectRain Makersen_US
dc.subjectTraditional Rulersen_US
dc.titleThe Traditional Religious Leaders among the Gogo Society Of Central Tanzaniaen_US
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