The Real Difference Between African Spirituality & Christianity | Dr. Khanyisile Tshabalala Speaks

What if African spirituality held the key to our true identity?
In this powerful South Africa edition of Thee Alfa House, we host Dr. Khanyisile Tshabalala, one of the continent’s leading voices in African spirituality. She explores the deep divide between spirituality and religion, colonial influence, and why Africans must return to ancestral truth.

We go back to pre-colonial Africa, unpack the social engineering behind modern religion, and discuss the differences between faith that is lived versus religion that is enforced.

📚 Key Highlights:

How colonialism reshaped African spiritual beliefs

The disconnect between African languages, culture, and modern faith

Christianity as a tool of patriarchy and neocolonialism

Why African spirituality is a lifestyle, not a religion

Embracing African identity as a path to spiritual growth

The case for Afrocentric leadership in a post-colonial Africa

🎙️ This episode is not just a conversation — it’s a spiritual reckoning.
00:01 – Colonialism as a social system.
01:43 – Effects of colonialism on African spirituality
05:10 – African spirituality, language culture vs African languages
08:40 – African spirituality vs Christianity practices
10:56 – Nation groups vs ethnic groups
12:40 – Gender grammar in Christianity vs spirituality
15:30 – Christianity vs dictatorship, colonialism, neocolonialism
17:17 – Africa pre-colonial
20:48 – The catholic church and colonization
22:47 – Religion as a patriarchal system vs spirituality
27:15 – The Spirituality practice vs religion practice
29:10 – Christianity is a western system
31:30 – African fundamental practices - Religion is faith spirituality you just know
35:08 – Embracing self as African and African spirituality
38:55 – Mediocrity in African politics
41:15 – Afrocentric leadership for Afri