Anne Nasimiyu Wasike
{{Short description|Ugandan Catholic theologian, religious sister, and author}}
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Early life
{{Infobox writer
| name = Anne Nasimiyu Wasike
| death_date = 22 February 2018
| occupation = University Professor, Theologian and Catholic Religious Sister
| nationality = Ugandan
| alma_mater = Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 1986.
Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA 1982.
Magdalen College, Bedford, New Hampshire, USA, 1981, 1983
Gannon University, Pontifical Centre, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, 1982.
Mount St. Mary’s Secondary School, Namagunga, Lugazi, Uganda, 1973.
Loreto Convent Msongari, Nairobi, Kenya, 1976
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| subject =
| honorific_suffix = LSOSF
| birth_date = 11 June 1949
| honorific_prefix = Reverend Sister Professor
}}
Anne Nasimiyu Wasike was born on 11 June 1949 and died on 22 February 2018. She was the daughter of Matayo Wasike and Annastasia Nanyama. She was a sister to Priscah, Isaac, Sabina, Priscilla, John, Immanuel, Chachi and Patrick.
Education
Anne's High school education started at St. Mary’s Secondary School, Namagunga, Lugazi, Uganda in 1973. She obtained an East African Certificate of Education (EACE.) Anne later joined Loreto Convent Msongari, Nairobi, Kenya in 1976. At Loreto, she earned an East African Advance Certificate of Education (EAACE).
Wasike was a trained teacher who received her Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts in Philosophy and Theology in 1981 from Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts, Bedford, New Hampshire USA, a Master of Arts degree in Religious Education at Gannon University, Pennsylvania, USA and her PhD in Systematic Theology from Duquesne University, USA. She was the first African woman theologian to earn a PhD in theology from Duquesne University.{{Cite web |title=Read the FIRST, March 2018 |url=https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Read-The-FIRST--March-2018.html?soid=1109967780347&aid=twePbCKMT_s}}
Career
Anne was a Ugandan Catholic theologian, religious sister, and author of books and articles on education, ethics and the empowerment of the poor. {{Cite web|title=In Gratitude for the Life and Witness of Sister Anne Nasimiyu-Wasike, LSOSF {{!}} Catholic Moral Theology|url=https://catholicmoraltheology.com/in-gratitude-for-the-life-and-witness-of-sister-anne-nasimiyu-wasike-lsosf/|access-date=2020-06-20|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=obituary|date=2018-02-27|title=Sr. Professor Anne Nasimiyu Wasike, LSOSF|url=https://obituarykenya.co.ke/sr-professor-anne-nasimiyu-wasike-lsosf/|access-date=2020-06-20|website=Obituary Kenya|language=en-US}} She was also editor of several publications. She taught in the following areas; Systematic Theology, Theology of the Church, Liberation Theology, Inculturation of the Sacraments, African Womanist Theology, African Religion, and Belief Systems in Kenya.
Christian Response to Contemporary Issues. She was a member of a Franciscan African Order of nuns called "The Little Sisters of St Francis."
Wasike addressed the United Nations General Assembly Special Session in 2001 on the plight of women and the girl-child in Africa in the age of HIV/AIDS. She was a founding member of the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians.{{Cite web|title=Church loses dedicated nun, don who shaped gender perspectives|url=https://www.nation.co.ke/kenya/news/church-loses-dedicated-nun-don-who-shaped-gender-perspectives-16892|access-date=2020-06-20|website=Daily Nation|language=en}}
Wasike was also a founding member of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, a Pan African organization of African Women founded under the leadership of Mercy Amber Oduyoye in 1989. The circle is known for being a prophetic voice as they name and shame sexism in church and society and they struggle particularly to end gender-based violence and exploitation of women. She is said to have called the world to recognize and apply Afro-Christian theo ethics as a viable way of seeking a livable and humane world.{{Cite web|last=States|first=Teresia Hinga {{!}} United|title=Remembering and Honoring Professor Sr. Anne Nasimiyu Wasike: A Concerned, Socially Engaged and (not so) Little Sr. of St Francis {{!}} Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church|url=https://catholicethics.com/forum/remembering-and-honoring-professor-sr-anne-nasimiyu-wasike-a-concerned-socially-engaged-and-not-so-little-sr-of-st-francis/|access-date=2020-06-20|website=catholicethics.com}}
Wasike served as the Superior General of the Little Sisters of Saint Francis with their headquarters in Nkokonjeru,Uganda on two terms each of six years: 1992 to 1998 and 2010 to 2016 She served at Kenyatta University, Kenya for 24 years in the 1980s and 1990s in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. She rose from lecturer to full professor. She was appointed the director of student affairs and was able to teach and mentor many students. She was an organizer and administrator who ensured others were empowered by equipping them.
Publications
Wasike authored a journal called Seeds of Mutuality in Mission: Response to Anne Nasimiyu-Wasike which was first published on January 1, 2001 as a research article. The journal lays out several challenges for people from the West. These include the need to have a greater sensitivity and knowledge of the richness and complexity of the African culture.{{Cite journal|date=January 2001|title=Seeds of Mutuality in Mission: Response to Anne Nasimiyu-Wasike|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258172028|journal=ResearchGate}}{{Cite journal|last=Houle|first=Carroll|date=January 2001|title=Seeds of Mutuality in Mission: Response to Anne Nasimiyu-Wasike|journal=Missiology: An International Review|language=en|volume=29|issue=1|pages=55–61|doi=10.1177/009182960102900104|s2cid=180763498|issn=0091-8296}}
Wasike was a scholar and teacher of African Theology and African Religions and Cultures. She was an active participant in the Sagana group that met annually to discuss emerging issues in African Christian Theology and practice. The consultation outcomes were edited and published by [https://arts.uonbi.ac.ke/sites/default/files/2020-07/jesse_mugambi_cv_march_2017.pdf Jesse N Mugambi], the covener of the Sagana group, under the African (theology) Challenge series. She taught courses, published and facilitated research meant to deepen awareness of and respect for African spiritualities. She was a champion of what is known in Catholic circles as "inculturation theology". In 1992, she coedited Moral and Ethical Issues in African Christianity Exploratory Essays in Moral Theology, with J. N Mugambi which became one of the several volumes in the African Challenge series.
Death and legacy
Wasike died after a short illness, thought to be malaria. She was buried at her late mother's house in Nkokonjeru, located in the central part of Uganda on 3 March 2018. A tribute appeared in the Daily Nation on 26 February 2018. She was credited by Irimina Nungari, who was her predecessor as superior general. Cecilia Njeri, head of the Little Sisters of Saint Francis, also lauded her for championing the organization of the archives of their congregation as well as drawing solid development plans.
Bibliography
- {{cite book |last1=Mugambi |first1=J N Kanyua |last2=Nasimiyu |first2=Anne J |last3=Magesa |first3=Laurenti |last4=Nthamburi |first4=Zablon John |title=Democracy and reconciliation: a challenge for African Christianity |date=1999 |publisher=Acton |location=Nairobi, Kenya |isbn=9789966888259 |edition=2nd |language=en|oclc=785148003|series=African Christianity}}
- {{cite book |last1=Mugambi |first1=J N Kanyua |last2=Wasike |first2=A Nasimiyu |title=Moral and ethical issues in African Christianity: exploratory essays in moral theology |date=1992 |publisher=Initiatives Publishers |location=Nairobi, Kenya |isbn=9966420347|series=African Christianity series, no. 3.|oclc=29769088}}
- {{cite book |last1=Nasimiyu |first1=Anne J |last2=Waruta |first2=D W |title=Mission in African Christianity: critical essays in missiology |date=1993 |publisher=Uzima Press |location=Nairobi |isbn=9966855238|series=African Christianity|oclc=30664144}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Nasimiyu |first1=Anne J. |editor1-last=Oduyoye |editor1-first=Mercy Amba |editor2-last=Kanyoro |editor2-first=Musimbi R.A. |title=Polygamy: a feminist critique |journal=Will to Arise: Women, Tradition and the Church in Africa |pages=101–118 |language=en |oclc=40341819}}
Thesis
- {{cite thesis |last=Nasimiyu |first=Anne J |date=1986 |title=Vatican II: the problem of inculturation |type=thesis |publisher=Duquesne University |oclc=15611652 }}
See also
References
External links
- [https://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/1578 Inculturation of the concept of God in the traditional religion on the Abagusii of Western Kenya]
- [https://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/9021 The Role of Lamentation in African Biblical Hermeneutics: A Post-Colonial Reading of the Bible among Gĩkũyũ People of Kenya]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=Hxn1BgAAQBAJ&dq=Anne+Nasimiyu+Wasike&pg=PA286 Re-imagining African Christologies: Conversing with the Interpretations]
- [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/009182960102900103?legid=spmis%3B29%2F1%2F45&patientinform-links=yes& Is Mutuality Possible? An African Response]
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