Editor, RE: "Evangelical entities not to blame for Africa’s woes” (The New Times, August 24).

Mr. Sengoga, you are very far from the truth, without mentioning a myriad of empirical studies linking the emergence of foreign religions to poverty, social conflicts and wars in Africa.

The evidence on the ground talks volumes. If you have not seen it then you may be a part of the aforementioned entities. Take an example of Rwanda, who introduced Hamite theory? Do you know the devastations this theory has caused on Rwandan social solidarity?

Secondly, for a long time Rwandans were segregated along religious lines adding to the virus of ethnicity created by the missionaries who were influential on political matters. On a different angle, look at the piles of deceits and lies that came with the mushrooming of the new religious entrepreneurship—some pastors claiming to cure everything from HIV to cancer. They even go as far as encouraging their followers to seat and relax because God is a provider.

Ubupfura concepts had it all and we never requested baptism or to pray towards East. The truth is that the disadvantages of foreign religions in Africa and in Rwanda, in particular, outweigh the advantages. Butare