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- Dr uZwi-Lezwe Radebe wrote a children's book to teach little ones about African Spirituality.
- Dr Radebe wants children to understand that just like them, he was once a child with dreams and ambitions.
- He hopes the book will help to eradicate the stigma around children with spiritual gifts in schools.
Dr uZwi-Lezwe Radebe, who is an Imboni (which means foreseer, one who predicts future events), has launched his children's book series, The Revelation of Imboni, which teaches children about African spirituality.
Dr Radebe's ancestral gifts include healing using water, salt and other elements that are revealed to him.
During an interview with News24, he told us that in this book, published in February 2022, he shares his past and the spiritual encounters he experienced, from when he was a young boy.
Dr Radebe wants children to understand that just like them, he was once a child with dreams and ambitions, and by the guidance of his parents, his ancestors, the angels and God, he had to become the person that he is today.
He says that through reading The Revelation of Imboni, children will learn about themselves and be proud to be African, and part of a country that will restore African dignity and pride.
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"For so long, we have been either ignorant or turning a blind eye to the fact that Africa was first religiously colonised by Western religion, before it was politically colonised," he told us.
"The Western religion took away our identity, pride, and source of spirituality and replaced them with what was theirs and what would benefit them," he added.
He says that in order for us to restore our identity, we need to start teaching our children about the source of our identity - African Indigenous Spirituality - and its importance and sacredness.
Dr Radebe believes that we would be replanting a seed of our forefathers that was forgotten and reinstating the identity of an African child to future generations in doing so.
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Eradicate the stigma around spirituality
Reading this book would give our kids the confidence to be able to engage in every kind of conversation with anyone about any form of spirituality, shoulders high, according to this author.
It may also help eradicate the stigma around spirituality and children with spiritual gifts in schools. "We have seen and heard on both social and mainstream media about children who are being chased away from schools after they have disclosed that they have a spiritual gift, especially an ancestral calling," Dr Radebe pointed out.
"This book will paint a clearer picture of spiritual gifts and ease children's burdens when they experience criticism in schools and their communities," he added.
Watch the book launch below.
Opening libraries
Dr Radebe is involved in several projects in and outside of South Africa. He is the leader of the Revelation Spiritual Home, an African indigenous initiated Home, based on African spirituality. This initiated home has many branches nationally, and internationally.
He has also helped to open libraries, with the aim to introduce a culture of reading and researching matters about spirituality and religion.
The Revelation of Imboni is available at Exclusive Books at R160 per copy.
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