It is time to re-evaluate the stigma attached by missionaries to animistic forms of African rooted religion such as Winti in Suriname. For hundreds of years enslaved people, robbed of their identity, found strength to survive in their ancestral beliefs. Perhaps the revival of this religion has more in common with the Christian faith than often estimated. In any case the interpretation of Christ the colonial imperialism cherished should be unmasked. Is there a special value in Winti as far as the future of the former Dutch colony of Suriname is concerned?