About Yoknyam
Yoknyam Dabale is a village woman from Northeastern Nigeria, as well as a scholar, activist, and grassroots organizer. She has contributed to several organizations for decades, including the Fuller Student Council (FSC). She currently serves as the inaugural coordinator of the USA branch of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians and works as an adjunct lecturer and Ph.D. candidate in Intercultural Studies at the School of Mission and Theology (SMT).
Since beginning her doctoral studies, she has published eight peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, with four more forthcoming. Her most recent work, “Women as Spiritual Healers in Shona Traditional Religion and African Independent Churches,” appears in African Thought: A Journal of Afro-centric Knowledge, Special Edition 3, Volume 1 (August 2024), and is available open access.
Education
Boston College
2013
ThM, Master of Theology
Texas Wesleyan University
2006
B.S., Political Science, Pre-Law Emphasis
Research Interests
Rural Women's Theology; African Diasporic Religions; African Christianity; African Traditional Religions; Environmentalism
Publications
Dabale, Yoknyam. “Mother Earth, Mother Africa: World Religions and Environmental Imagination.”
In The Methodological Approach of African Women Addressing Gender Bias in Christianity, edited by Sophia Chirongoma and Scholar Wayua Kiilu, 185–196. Stellenbosch, South Africa: Africa Sun Media, 2024.
Dabale, Yoknyam. “Local Cultures Matter: Gospel, Identity, and Mission in Northern Nigeria.”
In Haymanot Journal, Vol. 2, edited by Vince L. Bantu and Jacqueline Dyer, 58–72. 2022.
Dabale, Yoknyam. “African Women as Freedom Fighters.”
FAMA Journal (Switzerland), 2019. Published in English and translated into German.
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