Bayang kato biography of williams

The impact of a life does not always depend on length.

In this in-depth study of the legacy of Byang Kato, Dr. Foday-Khabenje traces his extraordinary life from a boyhood immersed in African traditional religion to his conversion to .

For some, a short time lived on earth proves fruitful, perhaps even beyond what they might have imagined. Examples include Enoch Sontonga , who died at 32; Steve Biko , who died at age 31; and Thomas Sankara , who died at The same can also be said of Byang Henry Kato. He was only 39 when he drowned during a family vacation in Kenya.

But to Evangelical Christians in Africa, his life and writing continue to bear fruit nearly 50 years later.

Byang Henry Kato was born in June into the Hahm, or Jaba, people in the Nigerian town of Kwoi in Kaduna State.

Nor did everyone agree with him. In fact, many found his absolutist stance on Christian truth first and contextualisation second deeply problematic. Furthermore, his total rejection of African traditional religions was felt to be insensitive and even imperialistic by many. Byang Kato was born in Nigeria in June His parents were devotees to the Jaba traditional religion.

Getting converted to Christianity at 12 was in itself a salvation from a religion in which he, as the first born, was dedicated to become a priest in. He writes that as a baby his family dedicated him to service of the devil. Kato was one of eight children, but only one of his seven siblings survived childhood. His family attributed his survival to the power of the devil, whom they understood to be protecting the child dedicated to him.