Introduction: activism, theology, and witness with an African Color
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[This issue of the Journal of African Christian Biography pays tribute to two
outstanding global church leaders who sought to model “African color” in their life-long witness as activists and theologians. Desmond Tutu (South Africa), in his anti-apartheid struggle, peacekeeping initiatives, and his role as Anglican archbishop, modeled a deeply enculturated African Christian identity that sent shockwaves around the world and continues to inspire all those who care about racial justice and human rights. Tharcisse Tshibangu (DRC), in his early student years, dared to challenge the travesty of an African theology of adaptation that was not African from the roots up. The Vatican eventually recognized his prophetic voice as advocate of theology with an “African color” by making him bishop and inviting him to dialogue at the level of the global Catholic Church under Vatican II.]
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