Out of the Shadows of African Traditional Religion

Francinah Baloyi was 16 when she started training as a sangoma, one through whom the spirits speak. At 23, Christ brought her to repentance and called her to proclaim him. Today, she is a powerful preacher whose story shows that conversion must affect every aspect of our life and challenges the syncretism that is threatening the church in Africa. In Africa, Christianity is sometimes rejected as a "white" religion or combined with elements of African Traditional Religion. The story of Francinah Baloyi shows that neither of these attitudes is correct. Francinah was born into a family of traditio…