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'''Alice Lenshina''' was a [[Zambia]]n woman and self-appointed "prophetess" who is noted for her part in the"Lumpa Uprising", which claimed 700 lives.<ref>http://www.jstor.org/stable/1580801?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents</ref> <ref>http://dagolo.blogspot.co.uk/2007/11/alice-mulenga-lenshina-and-lumpa-church.html</ref><ref>http://maravi.blogspot.co.uk/2008/05/retracing-lumpa-church.html</ref> | '''Alice Lenshina''' was a [[Zambia]]n woman and self-appointed "prophetess" who is noted for her part in the "Lumpa Uprising", which claimed 700 lives.<ref>http://www.jstor.org/stable/1580801?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents</ref> <ref>http://dagolo.blogspot.co.uk/2007/11/alice-mulenga-lenshina-and-lumpa-church.html</ref><ref>http://maravi.blogspot.co.uk/2008/05/retracing-lumpa-church.html</ref> | ||
Lenshina founded and led the [[Lumpa Church]], a religious sect that embraced a mixture of [[Christian]] and native beliefs and rituals.<ref>http://www.dacb.org/stories/zambia/lenshina1_alice.html</ref> The Lumpa Church rejected the authority of any "earthly government", it refused to pay taxes and it established its own tribunals. Shortly after Zambia became independent under President [[Kenneth Kaunda]], she and her followers were engaged in the so-called "Lumpa Uprising". The uprising was suppressed and she was detained, but the Lumpa Church was never entirely eradicated. | Lenshina founded and led the [[Lumpa Church]], a religious sect that embraced a mixture of [[Christian]] and native beliefs and rituals.<ref>http://www.dacb.org/stories/zambia/lenshina1_alice.html</ref> The Lumpa Church rejected the authority of any "earthly government", it refused to pay taxes and it established its own tribunals. Shortly after Zambia became independent under President [[Kenneth Kaunda]], she and her followers were engaged in the so-called "Lumpa Uprising". The uprising was suppressed and she was detained, but the Lumpa Church was never entirely eradicated. | ||
==Origins== | ==Origins== | ||
She was born Alice Mulenga Lubusha in 1920 in the Chinsali district of the northern province of Northern Rhodesia. Alice was her [[baptism]]al name, while Mulenga was her traditional African name. The name "Lenshina" was a [[Bemba language|Bemba]] form of the Latin word " | She was born Alice Mulenga Lubusha in 1920 in the Chinsali district of the northern province of Northern Rhodesia. Alice was her [[baptism]]al name, while Mulenga was her traditional African name. The name "Lenshina" was a [[Bemba language|Bemba]] form of the Latin word "regina" ("queen"). | ||
Situated in a remote part of Northern Rhodesia, Chinsali district was a battleground for two competing Christian missions: the Roman Catholic Missionaries of Africa (the "White Fathers"), based at Llondola from 1934, and the [[United Free Church of Scotland]], based at Lubwa from 1905. One of the Lubwa missionaries was David Kaunda, father of Kenneth Kaunda who became the first president of [[Zambia]] and who was a firm opponent of the Lumpa sect. | Situated in a remote part of Northern Rhodesia, Chinsali district was a battleground for two competing Christian missions: the Roman Catholic Missionaries of Africa (the "White Fathers"), based at Llondola from 1934, and the [[United Free Church of Scotland]], based at Lubwa from 1905. One of the Lubwa missionaries was David Kaunda, father of Kenneth Kaunda who became the first president of [[Zambia]] and who was a firm opponent of the Lumpa sect. | ||
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The [[Lumpa Church]] continues to exist to this day, though it is split and called by various names, the most prominent of which are Uluse Kamutola Church, under Chilemweni Nkonde (the biggest), Jerusalem Church, under Bubile (Daughter to Lenshina) and New Jerusalem Church, under Nkaya, in Kitwe's Chimwemwe Township. | The [[Lumpa Church]] continues to exist to this day, though it is split and called by various names, the most prominent of which are Uluse Kamutola Church, under Chilemweni Nkonde (the biggest), Jerusalem Church, under Bubile (Daughter to Lenshina) and New Jerusalem Church, under Nkaya, in Kitwe's Chimwemwe Township. | ||
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[[File:Alice Lenshina - Burial site.jpg|150px|thumbnail|right|Burial site of Lenshina at the destroyed church, Sion, which her followers built.]] | |||
Lenshina died in 1978. | |||
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
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* Margaret Buter, ''Prophetess Alice Lenshina, God's African Commander'', [http://aldiatoday.com/tremendous/tremendous-wealth-publishers.html Tremendous Wealth Publishers] | * Margaret Buter, ''Prophetess Alice Lenshina, God's African Commander'', [http://aldiatoday.com/tremendous/tremendous-wealth-publishers.html Tremendous Wealth Publishers] | ||
==References== | |||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.dacb.org/stories/zambia/lenshina1_alice.html Biography of A. Lenshina], Dictionary of African Christian Biography | *[http://www.dacb.org/stories/zambia/lenshina1_alice.html Biography of A. Lenshina], Dictionary of African Christian Biography | ||
*[http://www.geocities.com/maiddie/lenshina.html Famous Zambians – Alice Lenshina] ([http://www.webcitation.org/5kmXAjnXS Archived] 2009-10-25) | *[http://www.geocities.com/maiddie/lenshina.html Famous Zambians – Alice Lenshina] ([http://www.webcitation.org/5kmXAjnXS Archived] 2009-10-25) | ||
[[Category:1919 births]] | [[Category:1919 births]] | ||
[[Category:1978 deaths]] | [[Category:1978 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:Founders of | [[Category:Founders of religious movements]] | ||
[[Category:Zambian Christian religious leaders]] | [[Category:Zambian Christian religious leaders]] | ||
[[Category:Zambian people who died in prison custody]] | [[Category:Zambian people who died in prison custody]] | ||
[[Category:Prisoners who died in Zambian detention]] | [[Category:Prisoners who died in Zambian detention]] | ||
[[Category:Members of the clergy with criminal convictions]] | [[Category:Members of the clergy with criminal convictions]] | ||
