Lubunga - leadership : an Afro-biblical perspective 

dc.contributor.authorEmedi, George I.
dc.contributor.authorHarold, Godfrey
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-12T12:15:51Z
dc.date.available2013-07-12T12:15:51Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThis article explores the African traditional value of Ubuntu as embedded in the Bembe concept of lubunga. In our attempt to develop a practical contextual leadership model, we have deliberately avoided to make use of the concept of Ubuntu seen by some as purely philosophical, academic, infavour of a more "institutional" and practical concept of lubunga (or its Xhosa equivalent, ikundla/ lekogla). Seeing that these concepts are not only African but also carries values validated in the Bible as strongly expressed in the Old Testament, making them both social and biblical imperatives, their receptivity will be made easier. The use of lubunga, thus, serves as a self-defining concept for Africa s leadership. This is the value we want integrated into our theology. By grounding our theological leadership construct in African social values we are "balancing leadership and followers hip " Malunga (2006: 12) as the African people see themselves as both givers and recipients of life shaping values. Managing life in society as a lubunga has the advantage of creating "a holistic community in which everyone involved becomes an active member who participates in all its activities and who thus shares in its success and failures" Prinsloo (1998:48), with a more likely effective outcome.en
dc.description.librarianhj2013en
dc.description.librarianmn2013
dc.identifier.citationEmedi, GI & Harold, G 2012, 'Lubunga - leadership : an Afro-biblical perspective', South African Baptist Journal of Theology, vol. 21, pp. 1-12.en
dc.identifier.issn1019-7990 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/21925
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBaptist Union of Southern Africaen
dc.rightsBaptist Union of Southern Africaen
dc.subjectUbuntuen
dc.subjectAfrican leadershipen
dc.subjectLubungaen
dc.titleLubunga - leadership : an Afro-biblical perspective en
dc.typeArticleen

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