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WE THE POOR MUST ABANDON OUR WHEELCHAIRS AND BEGIN TO WALK UNAIDED
ON AFRICAN AGENCY DISCOURSE
After mapping the current notions of African agency discourse, the article suggests a more dialogical approach to the discourse, the partnership notion of African agency discourse.
Godwin I Akper Systematic Theology Stellenbosch University
A DECADE OF DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE VOCATION OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN AND NIGERIAN THEOLOGIAN AT THE BEGINNING OF A NEW MILLENNIUM
Liberation, it is often argued, is no longer the most helpful metaphor for the present situation in (South) Africa, which needs to capture the complex social and theological challenges ahead.
Godwin I Akper Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology Stellenbosch University
Is God in Nigeria?1 Land dislocation and the challenge of confessing Belhar in Nigeria today
Of the view that “in the land full of enmity, God is in a special way the God of the destitute and the wronged”, the essay explores the challenge of confessing the third article in the Confession of Belhar in Nigeria today. Nigeria has recorded a high number of displaced persons in the years between 1982 and 2016, who have been dispossessed of their lands and their hopes for better living standards. This situation has often been caused by the activities of radical r
Akper, Godwin