En route to Jerusalem, Jesus had a surprising encounter with ten lepers when he passed through a land that was bordered by two enemy cities, Samaria and Galilee. It was one interaction that revealed the fallacy and the shortsightedness of "othering" people.

The introduction of Christianity to Africa did not come from pristine, unsullied angels. Human beings, mostly of European origin, with entrenched pre-conceived notions, biases and convictions were used as vessels to convey the message of salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ to Africans. In many instances, these missionaries mingled their perception and personal opinion with Scripture and imposed doctrinal piety on the hybrid.