Professor Allan Boesak - Selfless Revolutionaries (Part 1)
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Professor Allan Boesak graduated four days before the 1976 Soweto Uprising with his PhD from the University of Kampen in the Netherlands. Even though he was offered a job in the Netherlands, he decided to return home and join the struggle against apartheid. His PhD dissertation was aptly titled “Farewell to Innocence: A Socio-Ethical Study on Black Theology and Black Power.” On 23 February 2022, he turned 76 and launched his new book “Selfless Revolutionaries: Biko, Black Consciousness, Black Theology, and a Global Ethic of Solidarity and Resistance” in South Africa.
ZoneLearning@UWC recently sat down with Prof Boesak and talked about his intellectual journey and how UWC was central to his becoming. We talked about the successes and the mistakes of the anti-apartheid struggle. We also talk about the youth and the lessons they might learn from the mistakes of the anti-apartheid struggle. In addition, we talked about the role of the youth and universities like UWC can play in ‘post-apartheid’ South Africa. The interview is divided into three parts, and will release a part of the interview weekly. In Part 1, he talks about his and UWC’s intellectual formations. In Part 2, he explains how UWC became “the home of the revolution” against apartheid South Africa. Finally, in Part 3, we talk about his book and the similarities between the Black Lives Matter and Fees Must Fall movement.
Selfless Revolutionaries: books.google.c...
Nice to hear you again Allan it has been 47 years
Wow!!! What a great enlightened eccleciatic lecture from the great liberation theologian. Thanks doc. Boesak.
Thank you very much for sharing this bit of History with us. Wow. So it was a fight for freedom of the mind and thinking. My father was a minister in the Congregational Church, and they were blessed to be able to adhere to Non- racial and Non- sexist policies throughout the many years. I remember women being clergy in the sixties, and chairing Synod meetings. (Assemblies ) It would be interesting to examine how apartheid did in fact impact on the church. It must have because of it's all pervasiveness.
Merle (Abrahams)
Lord, hear our prayer. We need him to give South Africa another chance. 🙏 🙏 🙏
What about Mugabe
I always enjoyed listening to you Prof! Looking forward to the next episode...
Well said Dr.
I remember Prof. Richard Stevens refering to the Faculty as "The Angel Factory" when attending Biblical Studies on the main campus
Well you are quite old Sir 😄
You looked young however in the seventies there in N7.
Very good what you are narrating now.
1.People will be noting.
2.Good to see the professor in you remained intact.
Congratulations in deed.
I loved every video 🤩. Thank you Dr