Vellem, Vuyani Shadrack2017-06-102017-06-102016-12-02Vellem, V., 2016, ‘Tiyo Soga: Violence, disruption and dislocation in the white polis’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 72(1), a3563. http://dx.DOI. org/ 10.4102/hts.v72i1.3563.0259-9422 (print)2072-8050 (online)10.4102/hts.v72i1.3563http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60999This research is part of the research project, ‘Social Cohesion’, directed by Prof Dr. Vuyani Vellem of the Department of Dogmatics and Christian Ethics, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria.Tiyo Soga must be celebrated as he is the personification of a body of knowledge pertinent to the development of foundational knowledge in examining the violence, disruptions and dislocations of the bodies, knowledge and spirit in modernity. The question of skill and memory cannot be dichotomised in epistemologies of justice—the naming of black as pagan, kaffir, native, bantu, etcetra, in the history of oppression. Spatial justice, the article argues, is not just about physical space; it is about spiritual and temporal spaces as well. The linearity of time cannot do justice for the memory of the conquered. Land, the article argues, by inserting the memory of Tiyo Soga, is central to spatial justice as long as the ‘wedding’ between the troublesome Bible and the genocidal, epistemicidal and spirtualicidal forms of knowledge is debunked.en© 2016. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.Tiyo SogaOppressionLandFoundational knowledgeViolenceDisruptionDislocationSpiritModernitySpatial justiceTheology articles SDG-01SDG-01: No povertyTheology articles SDG-04SDG-04: Quality educationTheology articles SDG-10SDG-10: Reduced inequalitiesTheology articles SDG-16SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutionsArticle