From Kenya-
“Mbiti” (hyena) is probably the first word that I learnt in
Kiikamba. This was back in the late 1960s, long before I had a home in
Ukambani. My interest in “Mbiti” was that it was the name of one of my
most admired teachers and senior colleagues when I joined Makerere as a
graduate student and tutorial fellow. This was the Reverend Canon Dr
John S. Mbiti of the then-Department of Philosophy and Religious
Studies.
CREATIVITY AND ACTIVISM
He
was later internationally known as Prof John Samuel Mbiti, former
Director of the Ecumenical Institute of the World Council of Churches in
Regis-Bossey, who passed away in Geneva, Switzerland, at the beginning
of this week. At Makerere, where he lectured for some 10 years, Mbiti
was one of the small group of young academics, including David Rubadiri,
Joseph Ouma Muga, Pio Zirimu, and Ali Mazrui, up to whom we wide-eyed
aspiring “scholars” looked as mentors and role models.
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