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Mbuya Nehanda’s Legacy Fanning the Spirit of Anti-colonialism : Towards a Theology of Resistance and the Resurrection Motif
Mupangwa, Terence; Chirongoma, Sophia (2024): Mbuya Nehanda’s Legacy Fanning the Spirit of Anti-colonialism : Towards a Theology of Resistance and the Resurrection Motif, in: Nelly Mwale, Rosinah Gabaitse, Fundiswa Kobo, u. a. (Hrsg.), Nehanda : Women’s Theologies of Liberation in Southern Africa (Circle Jubilee Volume 3), Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, S. 47–65, doi: 10.20378/irb-96486.
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Nehanda : Women’s Theologies of Liberation in Southern Africa (Circle Jubilee Volume 3)
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2024
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978-3-98989-000-8
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English
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Mbuya Nehanda is a Zimbabwean spirit medium who opposed and resisted the oppression of the indigenous Zimbabweans by the British colonial regime. Zimbabwe was colonized by the British in the late 1880s. This ushered in racial discrimination, marginalization and the chockfull oppression of black people. Africans endured land appropriation, being deprived of rights such as access to education and the infringements of their freedom in all aspects of life. A cocktail of these infractions propelled Mbuya Nehanda to lead a revolution against colonial rule. She ignited the spirit of resistance, and her legendary statement, “my bones shall rise again”, has continued to fan the spirit of resistance against colonial oppression in Zimbabwe. This statement also has an affinity with the resurrection motif. Although in some Christian circles, resistance is considered an evil act, in this chapter, we proffer that the spirit of Mbuya Nehanda should spur all women of faith to boldly challenge and resist all systemic injustices. Informed by the theology of resistance and the resurrection spirit, we tender that women of this world should claim freedom from male supremacy, racial, socio economic and all forms of global injustices.
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Mbuya Nehanda
Antikolonialismus
Subsaharisches Afrika
Frau
Widerstand
Geschichte
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African indigenous religion
colonialism
justice
male supremacy
Mbuya Nehanda
resistance theology
resurrection theology
Spirit medium
oppression
Zimbabwe
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July 23, 2024
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