Mwale, NellyNellyMwale2025-02-132025-02-132025978-3-98989-042-8https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/106052Using the work of Annie Chikanji and her ‘Ubuntu learning hub’, the chapter explores the intersection of religion, gender, and health in Zambia in honour of Ezra Chitando’s scholarly contributions on the continent and beyond. The intent is to uphold Chitando’s scholarly work on strides to address patriarchy. Theoretically framed within African ecofeminist theory, the chapter draws on narrative research in which stories of Annie Chikanji and her Ubuntu learning hub on promoting healthy living are analysed. The chapter shows that Annie is promoting healthy living through offering herbal courses that retrieve indigenous knowledge for wellness, promoting natural methods of farming and reviving indigenous foods. By going against the dominant trends of farming and health practices, and adopting earth friendly and indigenous practices, Chikanji’s initiatives focus on addressing lifestyle diseases in the context of urban city life. The initiatives are further driven by her religiosity (centred on the love for God, appreciation of God’s gifts of creation and care for humanity); and her quest to retrieve and share indigenous knowledge on healthy living. The chapter argues that narratives such as Chikanji’s easily get overshadowed in the web of patriarchy, hence the need to document such initiatives for posterity. The chapter not only contributes to the broader field of religion, gender, and masculinities from the Zambian perspective but also showcases the strides of women in retrieving indigenous knowledge for the promotion of healthy living in the current century.engReligiongenderhealthy livingindigenous knowledgeAfrican feministUbuntu learning hub320bookpart