Hekima Review No. 61 May 2020

Over the past few decades, there has been an increased level of selfconsciousness
on the African continent. Our political self-consciousness has
grown, our economic self-consciousness continues to see a steady rise, and our
theological self-consciousness has significantly advanced. One factor that
explains this growth in consciousness is the realization of the value of Socrates’
famous aphorism, which I paraphrase as Africa know thyself and to thyself be
true. Self-knowledge and self-examination is, therefore, a critical determinant in the
development of our theological consciousness into theological self-consciousness.