Desmond Tutu Missionaries Quotes

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When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
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Desmond Tutu
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When the missionaries came to Africa,” Desmond Tutu famously (though not originally: that honor belongs to Jomo Kenyatta) remarked, β€œthey had the Bible and we had the land. They said β€˜Let us pray.’ We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land.
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Simon Winchester (Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World)
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There is a story. . . which is fairly well known, told about when missionaries came to Africa, that they had the Bible and we, the natives, had the land. And then they said, β€œLet us pray,” and we dutifully shut our eyes. And when we opened them, why, they now had the land and we had the Bible.
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Desmond Tutu