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===Politics=== | ===Politics=== | ||
In the 1940s Lubwa missionaries came under criticism by young mission teachers, who established a Chinsali Branch of the [[Northern Rhodesia]] [[African National Congress]] at Lubwa. The church was used as a base for the ANC to mobilise political support in [[Chinsali District]]. | In the 1940s Lubwa missionaries came under criticism by young mission teachers, who established a Chinsali Branch of the [[Northern Rhodesia]] [[African National Congress]] at Lubwa. The church was used as a base for the ANC to mobilise political support in [[Chinsali District]]. | ||
Also, Lubwa Mission was very important in the area of nationalisation. Its first African minister was David Kaunda, and this was where his son [[Kenneth Kaunda]] was brought up and begun his teaching career. Kaunda was later dismissed from his teaching job and moved to [[Lusaka]] to focus on his political career. | |||
==Prominent people at Lubwa== | ==Prominent people at Lubwa== | ||
Some of the prominent people who went to Lubwa Mission include Zambia's first republican president [[Kenneth Kaunda]] (whose father was a missionary there), [[Simon Kapwepwe]], [[Robert Makasa]] and [[Alice Lenshina]], who led a break-away movement, the [[Lumpa Church]]. | Some of the prominent people who went to Lubwa Mission include Zambia's first republican president [[Kenneth Kaunda]] (whose father was a missionary there), [[Simon Kapwepwe]], [[Robert Makasa]] and [[Alice Lenshina]], who led a break-away movement, the [[Lumpa Church]]. Lenshina drew a lot of members from Lubwa and set up her church few kilometres from the mission. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
