Holy Lies: How Prayers Replaced Plans in Africa

Why are there more churches than factories in Africa? Why do we pray for what others plan, kneel for what others negotiate, and wait for heaven while the world moves on? In Holy Lies: How Prayers Replaced Plans in Africa, Kayumba David delivers a bold, unsparing, and darkly humorous critique of the religious structures that have sedated a continent. With the precision of a theologian and the fire of a revolutionary, Kayumba dismantles the sacred myths that keep Africa praying instead of progressing — exposing how foreign religions colonized the African soul long after flags came down and chains were broken. This is not just a book about belief. It is a confrontation with borrowed gods, imported guilt, and spiritual empires that profit off poverty. Kayumba takes aim at the megachurch industrial complex, faith-based manipulation, and the dangerous theology that tells Africans to wait for miracles instead of building futures. Holy Lies is at once a scalpel and a mirror — challenging not only the power of pastors and prophets, but also the passivity of a people waiting for divine intervention instead of doing the divine work of transformation. Brilliant, scathing, and ultimately redemptive, this book is for every African ready to trade superstition for strategy, and every reader who believes that faith should empower — not enslave. It's time to stop praying for what we must build. ?? Read it if: You're tired of religious hype and hungry for truth. You wonder why poverty thrives in the shadow of prosperity preachers. You believe in Africa's potential — and know it won't be unlocked from a pulpit. This is the gospel according to reality: Don't just say "Amen." Start building.