What are the different ways in which John Kumalo and Msimangu address the problem of racial injustice?
The basic difference between Kumalo and Msimangu is between a political and a spiritual approach to the problem. John Kumalo has rejected the church. The church speaks with fine words, he says, and condemns unjust laws, but it has been doing this for fifty years, and things get worse, not better. He has turned to political activism rather than religion, and has made a name for himself by his powerful speeches calling for higher wages for the black mineworkers, who create all the wealth that the white people enjoy. The political approach utilizes the tool of workers’ strikes to force a more equitable society. Msimangu shares John Kumalo’s awareness of racial injustice, but his attitude to it is different. He is a Christian priest, and therefore, he say, he cannot hate the white man. He is also suspicious of those black people who seek power, because he believes that power corrupts them. They may be well motivated to begin with, but they become selfish, and use power for their own ends.
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