Welcome to Ujamaa Centre
for Biblical and Theological Community Development and Research
The Ujamaa Centre is an interface between socially engaged biblical and theological scholars, organic intellectuals, and local communities of the poor, working-class, and marginalised. Together we use biblical and theological resources for individual and social transformation.
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level, challenging for example our tendency to generalise about social phenomena based on our own limited experiences. Sociology, as it is taught in universities and colleges around the world, aims to produce more thoughtful, critical and understanding students not only in their role as academics studying for degrees, but also as participants interacting in society.




Ujamaa News Latest News

Annual CIHA conference
The CIHA blog, together with the Ujamaa Centre, hosted the annual CIHA conference; it took place from October 18-22, Pietermaritzburg.Click here for the article on the

CBS with people living with disabilities
CBS with people living with disabilities Public Theology workshop Ujamaa – Nida seminar took place from March 22 – 24 Click here for more information

Mzwandile R Nunes Memorial Lecture
Mzwandile R Nunes Memorial Lecture Date: 27 November 2015 Theme: faith &development – a socio-economic journey from apartheid to liberation. Speaker: rev Sipho Mtetwa, faith based manager, office





