UNyameko Barney Pityana FKC GCOB (owazalwa ngo-7 Ncwaba 1945) ungummeli wamalungelo abantu nesazi semfundiso yenkolo eNingizimu Afrika. Ungumsekeli we-Black theology. UPityana wazalelwa e-Uitenhage futhi wafunda eNyuvesi yaseFort Hare. Ubengomunye wabasunguli beSouth African Student 'Organisation yeBlack Consciousness Movement noSteve Biko. Ubuye futhi waba yilungu le-African National Congress Youth League, [ecidingwa] futhi wamiswa ngenxa yokuphonsela inselelo igunya lothisha abangamaBhunu kanye nemigomo yoobandlululo ye "Bantu yemfundo". UPityana uthole iziqu ezivela eNyuvesi yaseNingizimu Afrika ngonyaka we-1976 kodwa wavinjelwa ukuthi enze umthetho ePort Elizabeth nguhulumeni wobandlululo. Ngo-1978, efunda imfundiso yenkolo eKing's College London kanye nokuqeqeshelwa inkonzo Ripon College Cuddesdon e-Oxford. Ngemuva kwalokho wasebenza njenge-curlic yase-Anglican eMilton Keynes nanjengo-Birmingham. Kusukela ngo-1988 kuya ku-1992 wayenguMqondisi woHlelo Lokulwa Nobuhlanga e-World Council of Churches eGeneva. UPityana wabuyela eNingizimu Afrika ngonyaka ka-1993, kulandela ukuphela kobandlululo. Waqhubeka nokusebenza kwezemfundo kanye namalungelo esintu, eqeda i-PhD kwi-Religious Studies eNyuvesi yaseKapa ngo-1995. Waqokwa waba yilungu leKhomishini Yamalungelo Abantu YaseNingizimu Afrika ngonyaka ka-1995, wasebenza njengosihlalo wekhomishini kusukela ngo-1995 kuya ku-2001.