Nairobi, 13 September, 2019 / 10:29 am (ACI Africa).
Changes that are appropriated and spearheaded by Africans have the best likelihood to achieve social transformation in a continent that has a good share of societal challenges, the Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya said at a recent event in Nairobi.
“Many changes that have taken place in Africa today are not led by Africans but have been imposed, not only by colonial powers but also by transnationals, western governments and media organizations,” Archbishop Bert van Megen said at the Nairobi-based Tangaza University College (TUC) last Friday.
“Africa faces a myriad of challenges, it can only be addressed by social transformation which is not imposed by outside actors but is a product of the African people,” he reiterated.
He was addressing the congregation that turned up to mark the silver jubilee of TUC’s Institute of Social Transformation (IST), previously called the Institute of Social Ministry (ISMM).
“Africans have to come up with their own answers, have to listen to their own hearts and their own cultural heritage in order to understand where they stand in the transformation that is ongoing in the world,” Archbishop van Megen who is also the Nuncio to South Sudan emphasized.
