Resistance to Anglican Missionary (umca) Activities in Southern Malawi in 1861

This paper recounts the encounter that occurred between the Anglican missionaries of the Universities Mission to Central Africa (umca) and the local Mang’anja people at Magomero, in Southern Malawi in 1861. It situates the encounter in the context of slave trade and local conflicts, and war between...

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Published in:Exchange
Main Author: Mbaya, Henry (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Exchange
RelBib Classification:BS Traditional African religions
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KDE Anglican Church
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B Anglican Anglo-Catholic culture worldview English Mang’anja missionaries land resistance Malawi
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Summary:This paper recounts the encounter that occurred between the Anglican missionaries of the Universities Mission to Central Africa (umca) and the local Mang’anja people at Magomero, in Southern Malawi in 1861. It situates the encounter in the context of slave trade and local conflicts, and war between the Mang’anja and the Yao people in which the missionaries themselves were embroiled. The paper argues that, centred on the differences in perceptions, interpretations of issues that related to land, culture and religious worldviews, the encounter entailed some acts of resistance by the local Mang’anja people.
ISSN:1572-543X
Contains:In: Exchange
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/1572543X-12341447