African Religion and Colonial Rebellion: The Contestation of Power in Colonial Zimbabwe's Chimurenga of 1896-1897
This article examines the unifying roles of the Mwari cult, the cultural symbol of land, and the authority of spirit mediums in the first anti-colonial socio-political and religious protest of Chimurenga of 1896-97 in colonial Zimbabwe. Using their spiritually and socially defined authority, spirit...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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ASRSA
[2016]
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Journal for the study of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 57-84 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Zimbabwe
/ Colony
/ Revolution
/ Nature religion
/ Medium
/ History 1896-1897
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BB Indigenous religions KBN Sub-Saharan Africa RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
movement intellectuals
B Mwari cult B indirect rule B Religion B Social movement B spirit mediums B Ghimurenga |
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