34 JCAM 2023 Annual Review ground where we see African intellectuals deploying themselves, haunted by the spectre of alienation which wears a mask of ‘erasure of differences’ and a ‘reductive standardization.’” “Fragmented identity” then becomes a matrix or a place of production of discourses. One might argue that the above reflection by Fr. Minaku only applies to theology, but, put simply, the JCAM Research Network’s selected themes of the colloquium brought theologians and philosophers, political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, historians and even the poets into dialogue - creating an interdisciplinary space. In any case, as Fr, Minaku put it, we detect no sign of intellectual The Principal of Hekima University College (HUC, Fr. Marcel Uwineza, SJ, welcoming participants fatigue! “How can we evoke fatigue in a social context to the forum. which does not cease to surprise us?” Fr. Minaku added: “Solidarity, or the construction of community, which seems In his welcoming speech the Principal of HUC, Fr. Marcel to be a transversal theme, will never lose relevance in a Uwineza, SJ, reiterated the call of Father General Arturo context where we observe the resurgence of wars, coups Sosa quoted above. This initiative according to Fr. Marcel, d’etat, millions of internally displaced persons, and aimed to realize this call to collaboration and networking multifaceted social crises. Therefore, the opportunity to among higher education institutions within the Jesuit discuss is created by the synodal spirit in which we are now Conference of Africa and Madagascar (JCAM). And in his journeying as a Church. This whole context offers a ground opening message the President of JCAM, José Minaku, SJ, that justifies the relevance of the themes addressed.” asked that all may be “free from intellectual fatigue and be The colloquium was a good platform to develop an adapted shown the path of light.” He challenged participants and balanced discourse to enable learning and dialogue on referencing the late theologian Bénézet Bujo who in his issues among them the challenges of our times. In the words collective work entitled African Theology in the 21st of Fr. Minaku, let us take up the challenge: Free us from Century, noted that theological research and production in intellectual fatigue! Show us the path of light. Africa gave the impression of having run out of steam. Hinting at a sort of “stagnation of thought” after the 1980s - one of the causes to this stagnation is perceived as the difficulty of African intellectuals to live in a balanced way, a tension which tears them between an alienating globalization and an attachment to their values. Fr. Minaku further cited Bujo that, “African theology exists and that it is forever alive.” It is not only a question of proclaiming its existence, but we must also recognize the magnitude of “the path travelled, the achievements accomplished, and the often-hidden riches.” Therefore, Bujo’s panorama also indicates that there is still work to be done because every intellectual approach is somewhere The JCAM President Fr. José Minaku, SJ, gives a unaccomplished. “All theology is provisional; all theology is keynote address to researchers during the JCAM in a state of already-there, but not yet.” According to Fr. Research Network forum. Minaku, the pioneers have, therefore, prepared a fertile