Unisa Press
The faces and phases of Inkosi Albert Luthuli
Reflections
| Author: | Puleng Segalo and Tinyiko Chauke |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-77615-194-3 |
| Number of pages: | 147 |
| This book is also available in electronic format | |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-77615-195-0 |
About the book
Inkosi Albert Luthuli had a long and distinguished career as a leader in the South African freedom struggle and occupies an important place in the country’s history as an advocate of Christian (liberation) theology. There is a growing field of knowledge creation exploring the relevance of his leadership in people’s understanding of historical development in South Africa. Luthuli espoused the values and principles of Batho Pele through his moral and ethical leadership, serving as a transformative leader embedded in the philosophy of ubuntu.
Luthuli’s life, intellectual and religious philosophies and orientations need to be applied as a lens to comment on historical and contemporary socioeconomic and political issues in South Africa. It is crucial to approach Luthuli’s life in a holistic manner so that people can consider his multiple identities and learn lessons relevant to their positions within society (as community leaders, religious leaders, political actors, scholars, social justice activists and above all as citizens). This will help them to understand the many layers of injustice and inequality plaguing South African society today. Such an undertaking would require an effort to de-normalise multiple layers of power structures in cultivating knowledge, including racial, gender and epistemic barriers.
This book combines a set of 12 chapters by various contributors that offer insights into diverse aspects of Luthuli’s life, and his relevance for contemporary South Africa(ns).
Table of content
About the Contributors vii
Foreword - Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi x
Preface - Raymond Suttner xii
CHAPTER 1
Inkosi Albert Luthuli, an Expanded Legacy: Book Overview 1
Puleng Segalo and Tinyiko Chauke
CHAPTER 2
The Afterlife of Inkosi Albert Luthuli: Discourse, Memory and Legacy 18
Siphamandla Zondi and Keaobaka Tsholo
CHAPTER 3
Reflections of the Life of Inkosi Albert Luthuli in the Anti-Colonial Films of Africa 32
Vitus Nanbigne
CHAPTER 4
Disputing South African Cultural Diplomacy 44
Akhona Ndzuta
CHAPTER 5
Building Solidarities: A Tale of Two Fathers 56
Rivonia Naidu
CHAPTER 6
The Transcending Judas Iscariot Episode: On Being a Black Woman inPost-Apartheid South Africa 70
Tinyiko Chauke
CHAPTER 7
On Inkosi Albert Luthuli, Land, Wellbeing and Identity 81
Puleng Segalo
CHAPTER 8
Landless and Homeless in South Africa: A Call for Social Justice in the Post-Apartheid Era 92
Mfaniseni Wiseman Mbatha
CHAPTER 9
Reflections on Inkosi Albert Luthuli and Black Liberation Theology: In Conversation with Itumeleng Mosala 103
Puleng Segalo
CHAPTER 10
Morena ke morena ka batho: Future Leaders and Transformative Leadership in South Africa 113
Puleng Segalo and Wiseman Mbatha
CHAPTER 11
The Legacy of Chief Albert Luthuli’s Soft Power, Servant-Leadership and Pragmatic Leadership in the Struggle against Apartheid 128
Sibangilizwe Maphosa
CHAPTER 12
Editors in Conversation: Reflecting on the Journey 140
Puleng Segalo and Tinyiko Chauke
INDEX 147