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'''Petros Chintankwa''' (died 1972) was the husband to [[Alice Lenshina]]. Chintankwa was a cousin of Lenshina's first husband, [[ | '''Petros Chintankwa''' (died 1972) was the husband to [[Alice Lenshina]]. Chintankwa was a cousin of Lenshina's first husband, [[Gibson Nkwale]]. After Nkwale died, Lenshina was cleansed and inherited by Chintakwa, in accordance with the [[Bemba people|Bemba custom]].<ref>[http://www.zambian-economist.com/2008/05/quote-of-week-mwala-kalaluka.html Retracing Lenshina's followers by Mwala Kalaluka]</ref><ref name="dictionary">[https://books.google.co.zm/books?id=39JMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA487&lpg=RA2-PA487&dq=Petros+Chintankwa&source=bl&ots=1zcq1lysWn&sig=1ciHid2lSwOITqPZvP0EiRxXSBo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjaxvK6643QAhWMBcAKHdxRA84Q6AEILjAD#v=onepage&q=Petros%20Chintankwa&f=false Dictionary of African Biography, Volume 6] by By Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong, Henry Louis Gates, p487</ref> Chintankwa and Lenshina had five children.<ref name="dictionary"/> | ||
==Arrests== | ==Arrests== | ||
Chintankwa was arrested and sentenced to two years in hard labor for “inciting violence”, bringing about the first open conflict between the [[Lumpa Church]] and the [[colonial administration]]. The arrest came after he led a protest against the imprisonment of Joseph Mumba, a Lumpa member who accused a [[Bemba people|Bemba]] priest Pascal Kakokota of witchcraft.<ref>[Cultural Conversions: Unexpected Consequences of Christian Missionary] by Heather Jane Sharkey, p44</ref> | Chintankwa was arrested and sentenced to two years in hard labor for “inciting violence”, bringing about the first open conflict between the [[Lumpa Church]] and the [[colonial administration]]. The arrest came after he led a protest against the imprisonment of Joseph Mumba, a Lumpa member who accused a [[Bemba people|Bemba]] priest Pascal Kakokota of witchcraft.<ref>[Cultural Conversions: Unexpected Consequences of Christian Missionary] by Heather Jane Sharkey, p44</ref> | ||
==See also== | |||
*[[Alice Lenshina]] | |||
*[[Lumpa Church]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:People of Zambia]] | [[Category:People of Zambia]] | ||
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