Anne Nasimiyu Wasike

Anne Nasimiyu Wasike (died on 22 February 2018) was the author of books and articles on education, ethics and the empowerment of the poor. [1][2] Anne was also a well-known editor of several publications. She 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 founder member of the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians.[3] She was the first African woman to obtain a degree in Catholic theology from Department of Theology at Duquesne university in 1986. While at Duquesne, she was a highly respected budding scholar during her graduate studies.[3]

Anne Nasimiyu Wasike
Died22 February, 2018
NationalityUgandan
Alma materDuquesne University
GenreNon-fiction
SubjectEducation

Anne was also a professor and sir. She was a concerned, socially engaged and Little Sr. of St Francis. She was a founder 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 was/is known for being the  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.[3] Anne was also a Catholic theologian. She was a  passionate champion who called the world to recognize and apply Afro-Christian theo ethics  as a viable way of seeking a livable and humane world.[4]

Background and education

She authored a journal called “Seeds of Mutuality in Mission: Response to Anne Nasimiyu-Wasike” which was first First Published on January 1, 2001 as a research article. The journal lays out several challenges of people from the West. These include the need to have a greater sensitivity and knowledge of the richness and complexity of the African culture.[5][6]

Anne died after a short illness, thought to be malaria. She was a member of a Franciscan African Order of nuns called the “The Little Sisters of St Francis." [4] She 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.[3]

Anne was a trained teacher who received her Master of Arts degree in Religious Education at Gannon University, Pennsylvania, USA. She also attained her PhD in Systematic Theology from Duquesne University, USA.[3]

Career

She served at Kenyatta University, Nairobi for 24 years in the 1980s and 1990s in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. She was appointed the Director of Student Affairs and was able to teach and mentor so many students.[3][4] She was a good organiser and administrator who ensured others were empowered by equipping them to serve.[3]

She was a scholar and teacher of African Theology and African Religions and Cultures. She  was an active participant in the Sagana group that met yearly  for quite a few years  to discuss emerging issues in African Christian Theology and practice and outcomes of the consultations  were edited and published by Prof Jesse N Mugambi under the African (theology) Challenge series as the convener of the Sagana group.[4]

She appreciated African cultures and religions and taught courses,  published and  facilitated research   meant to deepen  awareness of and respect for African spiritualities .  She was commendably a champion of what is known in Catholic circles “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.[4][1]

Recognition

She was tribute in the Daily nation of 26 February 2018.[4] She was credit by Sr Irimina Nungari who was her predecessor as superior general and Sr Cecilia Njeri, the current head of the Little Sisters of Saint Francis for championing the organization of the archives of their congregation as well as drawing solid development plans.[3]

Family

Anne was the daughter of the late Mr. Matayo Wasike and the late Mrs. Annastasia Nanyama. She was a sister to Priscah, Isaac, Sabina, Priscilla, John, Immanuel, Chachi and Patrick.[2]

Burial

She was buried at her late mother's house in Nkokonjeru,located in the central part of Uganda on the 3rd March 2018.[2]

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See also

References
  1. "In Gratitude for the Life and Witness of Sister Anne Nasimiyu-Wasike, LSOSF | Catholic Moral Theology". Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  2. obituary (2018-02-27). "Sr. Professor Anne Nasimiyu Wasike, LSOSF". Obituary Kenya. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  3. "Church loses dedicated nun, don who shaped gender perspectives". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  4. States, Teresia Hinga | United. "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". catholicethics.com. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  5. "Seeds of Mutuality in Mission: Response to Anne Nasimiyu-Wasike". Research Gate. January 2001 – via Research Gate.
  6. Houle, Carroll (January 2001). "Seeds of Mutuality in Mission: Response to Anne Nasimiyu-Wasike". Missiology: An International Review. 29 (1): 55–61. doi:10.1177/009182960102900104. ISSN 0091-8296.
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