In the Footsteps of the Masters: Desmond M. Tutu and Abel T. Muzorewa FROM THE PUBLISHER
The height of colonial rule on the African continent saw two prominent religious leaders step to the fore: Desmond Tutu in South Africa, and Abel Muzorewa in Zimbabwe. Both Tutu and Muzorewa believed that Africans could govern their own nations responsibly and effectively if only they were given the opportunity. In expressing their religious views about the need for social justice, each man borrowed from national traditions that had shaped the policy of earlier church leaders. Tutu and Muzorewa argued that the political development of Africans was essential to the security of the white settlers and that whites should seek the promotion of political development of Africans as a condition of that future security.
SYNOPSIS
Details Desmond Tutu's and Abel Muzorewa's conflict with colonial government and their tireless efforts to bring about governmental change.
FROM THE CRITICS
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Mungazi (education and history, Norther Arizona U.) investigates the roles of the two bishops in the transformation of South Africa and Zimbabwe beginning in the 1960s. He emphasizes that they were called to sustain the legacies of Bishop Trevor Huddleston in South Africa from 1943 to 1956 and Bishop Ralph E. Dodge in Zimbabwe from 1956 to 1964. As soon as United Methodist Muzorewa was elected in 1968 and Anglican Tutu in 1986, he says, conditions demanded that they work to involve Africans in the political future of their countries. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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