Chitando, EzraEzraChitando2024-08-202024-08-202024978-3-98989-012-1https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/96587Joachim Kügler has emerged as a reliable, consistent, sensitive, and trusted ally to generations of African scholars, students and citizens, as well as other citizens of the Global South more generally. In his actions and proclamations, he has embodied the qualities of an effective ally. This chapter seeks to utilize Kügler’s personality and commitment, as well as a selected passage from the Bible (and the author’s considerable experience in activism), to distil some key principles that can inform effective allyship. These can serve as the Eight Points of Attention to those who seek to become effective allies in their chosen areas of activism. While the chapter acknowledges the contradictions and challenges associated with allyship, it contends that activists for diverse causes can partner with allies in order to achieve better outcomes. It also encourages those who seek to be effective allies to follow the examples set in the biblical passage and by Kügler, while recognising the complexities of allyship.engJoachim KüglerAfricaAfrican scholarsAllyshipBible230bookpart