The Political Kingdom: Toward Reconstruction in Africa

Irele, F. Abiola

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“…Problematising Ubuntu/Unhu/Botho in African Leadership Unfortunately, governments obtained and retained power illegally, using and abusing difference to purchase loyalty. Dictators are more vulnerable and insecure, hence need more power to subvert legal and constitutional provisions (Irele 2007). This questions the substance and tenability of African philosophy that fails to make Africa the breeding ground for democracy (Ramose 2010) (Louw 1998).…”

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“…Other African leaders became dictators, and other African hosts killed their African visitors through xenophobic attacks-as will be shown below(Malunga 2009). Dictatorship was originally used to describe the temporary suspension of established rules during war(Irele 2007). Contemporary dictators create exclusionary power structures that benefit a few by forcefully disregarding the written rules of participatory democracy.…”

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“…Mandela, in his own statement and vision, displayed this philosophy in 1964, while in prison, and at the opening of his defence case on 20 April 1964, which he ended stating: "I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities"(Irele 2007). This makes African philosophy a viable alternative theory based on a framework of African experiences(Irele 2007).Most African economies are underdeveloped, and have high rates of unemployment and poverty.…”

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“…I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities"(Irele 2007). This makes African philosophy a viable alternative theory based on a framework of African experiences(Irele 2007).Most African economies are underdeveloped, and have high rates of unemployment and poverty. When Africans go into neighbouring countries in search of greener pastures, expecting to be warmly welcomed, they are attacked by fellow Africans, which contradicts that Ubuntu/Unhu/Botho is an African worldview.…”

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Africanising the Four-self-leadership Formula in the Church of Christ in Zimbabwe

Masengwe

Magwidi

2021

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The Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (COCZ) has adopted Western philosophies of Euro-American cultures originating from the Victorian age during the Restoration Movement (RM) of the American Second Great Awakening (SGA). This exclusive, divisive and oppressive culture denied women, the poor, and the young, the opportunity to lead. The RM emphasised going back to the founding charism of the New Testament Church, with Christian unity and ecumenism as central elements. Its doctrines became rigid, denying female leadership, constitutions, central headquarters, and further ministerial formation as worldly. This study raises these aspects as indispensable to the contextualising, inculturating and incarnating framework of the gospel in an African context. This reflection takes account of the four-self-leadership formula, as inspired by Magwidi’s PhD study (2015–2021), as well as other sources like the minutes of church board meetings and contextual writings by COCZ’s local clergy. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews that were collated with written sources and heuristically interpreted by the African Cultural Hermeneutics Approach (ACHA) (Kanyoro 2002; 2001). A synthesis of missionary ideology with African narratives of the Christian faith (using ACHA) interpreted the data to understand the “how” of contextual, cultural and religious transformation in the COCZ. The study recommends new, inclusive and transformative modes of leadership empowerment for an authentic African Church.

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