Harvey Sindima

Harvey J Sindima is a Malawian theologian, philosopher, professor and author.

He has written extensively on matters of African philosophy, religious ethics and spirituality. He is the original voice behind the Malawian philosophy of personhood: "umunthu".{{cite web|url=http://www.maravipost.com/scope/75-editor/4052-teaching-umunthu-for-peace-thoughts-on-intl-day-of-peace.html|title=The Maravi Post - 404 maravipost.com|publisher=|accessdate=17 October 2014}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He also works on independent charity project called Blantyre North Relief Project (BNRP) in Blantyre, Malawi with his wife Gertrude Sindima.{{cite web | title=Helping: Hamilton or Malawi, CMH Nurse & Husband at Colgate Heed the Call | website=Blantyre North Relief Project | url=http://www.bnrp.org/Sindima.htm | access-date=2024-02-17}}

As part of the BNRP, Harvey and Gertrude Sindima have built an independent university, Sindima Memorial Institute. It is a liberal arts university with a great emphasis in the fields of medicine, science, arts and technology. It is built solidly on the foundations of "umunthu."{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

He received a CTS at the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Theological College in 1976.{{Cite web |url=http://www.colgate.edu/academics/FacultyDirectory/Hsindima.html |title=Colgate University : Faculty Directory - Harvey Sindima |access-date=2011-09-10 |archive-date=2011-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919062849/http://www.colgate.edu/academics/FacultyDirectory/Hsindima.html |url-status=dead }} He attended the CPS New College and University of Edinburgh well. He received a Masters in divinity from the International Theological Center in 1982 and a PhD at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1988. He currently teaches at Colgate University.