Swinging between belligerence and servility : John Dube's struggle for freedom(s) in South Afrca
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Authors
Kumalo, Simanga
Issue Date
2008
Type
Article
Language
en
Keywords
Belligerence , Servility , Freedom struggle
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Abstract
John Langalibalele Mafukuzela Dube left an indelible
legacy in South Africa’s political, educational and religious
spheres. He was a church leader, veteran politician,
journalist, philanthropist and educationist. He was the first
President of the African National Congress (ANC) when it
was formed in Bloemfontein on January 8, 1912 as the
South African National Native Congress (SANNC). Dube
was also the founder of the first Zulu newspaper ILanga
laseNatali through which he published the experiences of
African people under white rule. As the first president of
what was to become Africa’s most influential political and
liberation movement, Dube served as an ordained minister
of the Congregational Church. This important connection
helped Dube define church-state relations in colonial
South Africa, thus forging the role that African clergy would
later need to play in the struggle for South Africa’s freedom
and democracy. Although his work influenced various
aspects of African people’s lives such as the social,
political, educational and economic, he firmly located
himself in the church as a pastor and Christian activist
whose vocation was to struggle for all the freedoms that
were denied to his people, including freedom of religion.
This study offers a brief profile of John Dube as a political
theologian and highlights his contribution to the struggle of
African people for the freedom from colonial and white
rule.
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Peer reviewed
Citation
kumalo, S. 2008,' Swinging between belligerence and servility: John Dube's struggle for freedom(s) in South Afrca', Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. XXXIV, no. 1, pp. 359-382.
Publisher
Church History Society in South Africa
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1017-0499