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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]] in 1957, 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. | ||
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