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and the construction of a society of prosperity, dignity, and happiness." According to him, "The new Christ to be invented cannot be a Christ structured by our past defeats or our disintegrated values, but truly the Christ invented as the one who must come, a breath of lucidity, courage, and creativity to break free from the established religious system and to address the crucial challenges of the non-religious field where the
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economic front but with many challenges," he remarked, adding that "Congolese people need to understand that their responsibility is to build an economy of prosperity and shared happiness with all other countries."But as long as we do not have this awareness," he analyzed, "we will not understand what our independence means for Africa and for all
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President of the Pole Institute, an intercultural institute, in the Great Lakes region. Kä Mana contemplated the contributions and failures of previous schools of thought in shaping his own discursive practices of reconstruction. His intellectual foundation was built on African cultures
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Kangudie Tshibembe (known as KÄ Mana) was a Congolese writer, professor, philosopher, and theologian. Born on November 3, 1953, in Congo-Kinshasa, he passed away on July 15, 2021, in Goma. Considered one of the most renowned philosophers and theologians, Professor Kä Mana was an impressive
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A prolific author, Kä Mana, notably theorized the theology of reconstructing a crisis-ridden Africa. According to the
Congolese author, the continent's crisis is linked to a diseased imagination. Modern Africans are torn between torn and devalued ancient self-awareness and imported myths that both
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In his view, social crises in Africa coexisted with the existential crisis of the
African intellectuals and the limitations of their tools. He spoke of the disoriented psyche of the African intellectuals and sought tools to analyze "our own defeats, our glaring failures in development, liberation,
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Pour sortir de la guerre à l'est de la République démocratique du Congo, 2016 La mission de l'Église africaine, 2005 La nouvelle évangélisation en
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Kä Mana's theology of reconstruction aimed at the holistic transformation of individuals. Besides analyzing crises, he focused on examining the perspectives from which people spoke. His theological project was epistemic, critiquing
African intellectuals for remaining trapped in Western thought,
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His pseudonym, Godefroid Mana Kangudie, is formed from the diminutive of his name "Kä" and his first name "Mana." He held a doctorate in philosophy from the Université libre de Bruxelles and a doctorate in theology from the Université de Strasbourg. He served as a pastor in the Reformed African
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in July 2021 at the age of 67. He lectured Ethics and Philosophy of Peace at Université Evangélique en Afrique, UEA Bukavu DRC. Kä Mana was one of the most prolific writers of his time , in the DRC and Africa. He also lectured at UPAC in Cameroon. Some of his scholarly works include Changer la
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Rediscovering Pharaonic sources, according to him, rehabilitated the psyche and humanity of Africans, envisioning a future independent of the "colonial library" (Mudimbe). Rejecting imitation of the European 16th-century Renaissance, the Congolese philosopher and theologian deconstructed and
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