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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. | ||
===Personal life=== | |||
Lenshina was married twice; to Gibson Nkwale with whom she had her first child. After her husband died, she got married to Petros Chintankwa, a cousin of her first husband, who adopted her.<ref name=economist>[http://www.zambian-economist.com/2008/05/quote-of-week-mwala-kalaluka.html Retracing Lenshina's Followers]</ref> | |||
==1953–1955== | ==1953–1955== | ||
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[[File:Nkunda Rd, Chilenje.png|200px|thumbnail|right|Nkunda Rd in Chilenje]] | [[File:Nkunda Rd, Chilenje.png|200px|thumbnail|right|Nkunda Rd in Chilenje]] | ||
Lenshina never faced a trial but was detained by Kenneth Kaunda in [[Mumbwa District]], beginning in August 1964. Her husband, [[Petros Chintankwa]] (who died in 1972), was detained with her. In 1965 they were moved to [[Kalabo District]], near the Angolan border, but they escaped in October 1967. They were caught, jailed for 6 months and restricted in [[Mkushi District]]. In May 1970 Kaunda placed her in detention and ordered the destruction of her temple church in her home village of Kasomo. Finally she was released from detention in December 1975 but was put under house arrest in [[Lusaka]]'s New [[Chilenje]] compound, Nkunda Road. | Lenshina never faced a trial but was detained by Kenneth Kaunda in [[Mumbwa District]], beginning in August 1964. Her husband, [[Petros Chintankwa]] (who died in 1972), was detained with her. In 1965 they were moved to [[Kalabo District]], near the Angolan border, but they escaped in October 1967. They were caught, jailed for 6 months and restricted in [[Mkushi District]]. In May 1970 Kaunda placed her in detention and ordered the destruction of her temple church in her home village of Kasomo. Finally she was released from detention in December 1975 but was put under house arrest in [[Lusaka]]'s New [[Chilenje]] compound, Nkunda Road. | ||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
