Barney Pityana

Nyameko Barney Pityana FKC GCOB (born 7 August 1945) is a human rights lawyer and theologian in South Africa. He is an exponent of Black theology Quotes Black Consciousness was about restoring the humanity of black people. Explained the central purpose of the Black Consciousness Movement during an interview reflecting on its origins and philosophy, emphasizing psychological liberation before political liberation. The struggle against apartheid was a moral project. He sought to build a society based on human dignity rather than simply replacing one political system with another. We have become an aggressively filthy, selfish, individualistic and greedy society that cares only for itself and its own. He criticized the moral decline he perceived in post-apartheid South Africa, urging a return to the constitutional values that inspired the liberation struggle. We must reclaim our freedom... We must shape and give meaning to our freedom because nobody else will. He call on South Africans to take collective responsibility for preserving democracy and constitutional values. We are a nation in despair... We are, in every way you would like to think about, a broken society. Speaking during the South African Human Rights Commission's annual lecture, assessing the country's social and political condition nearly three decades after democracy. South Africans are almost depressed about their condition at the moment. He described the widespread sense of hopelessness and frustration that he believed had taken hold in South African society. Black Consciousness was never about hatred of white people. It was about the affirmation of black humanity. Clarifying one of the most common misconceptions about the Black Consciousness Movement. He stressed that the movement sought psychological liberation and dignity rather than racial antagonism. The struggle was fundamentally about restoring the dignity of the oppressed. speaking about the anti-apartheid struggle, emphasizing that dignity, rather than political power alone, was at its core. External links Category:Lawyers from South Africa Category:Theologians from South Africa Category:Activists from South Africa Category:Human rights activists Category:1945 births Category:Living people