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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]].


==Prominent people trained 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]] 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]] and [[Alice Lenshina]], who led a break-away movement, the [[Lumpa Church]].