cover image: A Kimbanguist Temple Under Construction

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A Kimbanguist Temple Under Construction

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Kimbanguism, named for its founder, Simon Kimbangu, began in the 1920s as a prophetic movement that rallied people against European culture and Christian missions. Kimbangu's following was large enough to serve as a threat to the Belgian rulers who arrested him and charged him with treason.. He died in the 1950s.
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Format of Original
Still image
Photographer
Ellington, John
Published in
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
Series
Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent

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