Umlando wobuKristu e-Afrika uqala emuva kwekhulu lokuqala. Kanye ne-Islam, ingenye yezinkolo ezimbili ezenziwa kakhulu kuleli zwekazi lase-Afrika. Ngo-2000, kwakunamaKristu ayizigidi eziyizigidi ezingama-380 e-Afrika, kanti ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi lelo nani lingase liphindwe kabili ngo-2025. Ngenxa yalokho, uKhisimusi ugujwa kulo lonke izwekazi lase-Afrika ngemiphakathi yamaKristu kokubili ezinkulu nezincane.
Ngezinsuku zeKhisimuzi zangoKhisimusi zibizwa zisuka eGhana kuya eNingizimu Afrika . Ukudla kudliwa, izipho zishintshaniswa futhi abantu bahamba kude nokubanzi ukuvakashela umndeni. AmaKoptic aseKopiya naseGibhithe agubha uKhisimusi ngokwekhalenda likaJulian - okusho ukuthi nakuba begubha ngoDisemba 25, lolo suku luvame ukuhumusha ngoJanuwari wesi-7 ekhalendeni likaGregory. I-Kwanzaa (ukugubha ifa le-Afrika eligcinwe e-United States futhi ngokuvamile elihambisana nenkathi yemikhosi) aligubhi e-Afrika. Futhi ngaphandle kokuthi useMatlaneni ase- Atlas aseMorocco , unethuba elincane kakhulu lokujabulela uKhisimusi omhlophe .
Ngisho nakwamanye amazwe amaningi ase-Afrika ase-Afrika, uKhisimusi usaziwa njengomkhosi wezwe. Esizweni saseNtshonalanga Afrika saseSenegal, amaSulumane yiyona inkolo eyinhloko - kodwa uKhisimusi ukhethwe njengeholide lesizwe. Lesi sihloko se-Mail & Guardian sibonisa indlela amaSulumane namaSulumane aseSenegal abakhethe ngayo ukugubha amaholide omunye nomunye, ebeka isisekelo somkhathi odumile wezwe wokubekezelelana kwezenkolo.
Izinkonzo zeSonto noCarling
Ukuya esontweni kuvame ukugxila ekugubheni uKhisimusi e-Afrika. Izigcawu zokuzalwa kukaJesu zidlalwa, ama-carols ahlabelelwa, futhi ngezinye izikhathi izidakamizwa zenziwa.
EMalawi , amaqembu ezincane ahamba ngendlu ngendlu ukwenza amidansa kanye nezingoma zikaKhisimusi ngokuhambisana nezinsimbi zokwenza izinto.
Bamukela isipho esincane semali ngokubuyisela, ngendlela efanayo nezingane zaseNtshonalanga uma zibola. Emazweni amaningi, izindlu zezintambo zenzeka ngemva kokusebenza kwesonto e-Eve Eve. Lezi zikhathi ezijabulisayo zomculo nodansa. E-Gambia, ngokwesibonelo, abantu baphikisana nezibani ezinkulu ezibizwa ngokuthi ama- fanals, okwenziwe ngamabhayise noma izindlu. Wonke amazwe anemikhosi yawo eyingqayizivele kungakhathaliseki ukuthi inkulu kangakanani yobuKristu bayo.
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Njengamasiko amaningi angamaKhristu, ukugubha isidlo saseKhisimusi nabangani nomndeni kuyisiko esiyisihluthulelo sokugubha e-Afrika. Emazweni amaningi, uKhisimusi liholide lomphakathi futhi abantu basebenzisa ithuba lokuvakashela umndeni nabangane. EMpumalanga Afrika, izimbuzi zithengwa emakethe yendawo yokugcoba ngosuku lukaKhisimusi. ENingizimu Afrika, imindeni ngokuvamile ibhadla ; noma ukubingelela ifa labo laseBrithani laseKolithani ngesidlo sakusihlwa sikaKhisimusi esiphelele ngezigqoko zephepha, ama-pie pie kanye ne-turkey. EGhana, isidlo saseKhisimusi asiphelelanga ngaphandle kwe-fufu nesobho se-okra; futhi eLiberia irayisi, inyama yenkomo nama-biscuits yi-oda yosuku.
Ukupha Isipho
Labo abangakwazi ukuyikhokhela ngokuvamile bayanikeza izipho ngoKhisimusi, nakuba leli holide aliyona nje inzuzo e-Afrika njengaseYurophu noma eNyakatho Melika.
Ukugcizelelwa kuningi emkhosini wenkolo wokuzalwa kukaJesu kunokuba kunikezwe isipho. Isipho esivamile kakhulu esithengwa ngoKhisimusi yizingubo ezintsha, ngokuvamile ezihloswe ukuba zigqoke esontweni. Ezindaweni zasemakhaya zase-Afrika, bambalwa abantu abangakwazi ukunikeza izipho ezingcolile noma amathoyizi, futhi kunoma yikuphi, azikho izindawo eziningi zokuzithenga. Ngakho-ke, uma izipho zishintshaniswa emiphakathini empofu ngokuvamile zithatha uhlobo lwezincwadi zesikole, insipho, indwangu, amakhandlela nezinye izinto eziwusizo.
Imihlobiso kaKhisimusi
Ukuhlobisa izitolo, izihlahla, amasonto, nemakhaya kuvamile kuyo yonke imiphakathi yamaKristu e-Afrika. Ungase ubone i-fake ye-snow fancy e- Nairobi , izindebe ezithwalwe amakhandlela eGhana, noma izintende zamafutha ezithwala amabele eLiberia. Yiqiniso, izihlahla ezivuthiwe nezivini ezithandwa eNtshonalanga kunzima ukuza e-Afrika, ngakho-ke izihlahla zikaKhisimusi zivame ukushintshwa ngezindlela zokuzalwa noma zokwenziwa.
Ungasho kanjani ukuthi uKhisimusi ujabule e-Afrika
E-Akan (Ghana): Afishapa
Ngo-Shona (Zimbabwe): Muve neKhisimusi
NgesiBhunu (eNingizimu Afrika): UGeseënde Kersfees
EsiZulu (eNingizimu Afrika): Sinifisela Ukhisimusi Omhle
E-Swazi (Swaziland): Sinifisela Khisimusi Lomuhle
EsiSuthu (Lesotho): Matsalo a Morena a Mabotse
EsiSwahili (eTanzania, eKenya): Kuwa na Krismasi njema
E-Amharic (Ethiopia): Melkam Yelidet Beaal
E-Egyptian Arabic (i-Egypt): Colo sana wintom tiebeen
E-Yoruba (eNigeria): E ku odun, e hu he 'dun
Amavidiyo emikhosi kaKhisimusi e-Afrika
Izinsuku ezingu-12 zeSpanishi Izitayela zaseNigeria - " Ngosuku lokuqala lukaKhisimusi umama wanginika i-fufu ne-egusi."
"UKhisimusi", ingoma kaKhisimusi emnandi kakhulu yomculi waseKenya uKimangu.
I-Santa idansa eFreetown, inhloko-dolobha yaseSierra Leone.
Ingoma yaseKhisimusi yeKhisimusi. AmaTopiya agubha uKhisimusi ngoJanuwari 7.
Lesi sihloko sibuyekezwe nguJessica Macdonald ngo-Ephreli 26, 2017.