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The Recreation of Africa. a Study of the Ideology of the African Apostolic Church of Zimbabwe

The Recreation of Africa. a Study of the Ideology of the African Apostolic Church of Zimbabwe THE RECREATION OF AFRICA. A STUDY OF THE IDEOLOGY OF THE AFRICAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF ZIMBABWE Ezra Chitando On 13 November 1999, the University of Zimbabwe's football grounds were transformed into a sea of white robes as tens of thousands of African Apostles converged for a prayer meeting. Members of an African Independent / Instituted Church, often caricatured as ignorant and backward, had 'invaded' the country's prime institution of higher learning. As their powerful singing reverberated through the corridors of the various university departments, one could not help wondering why it is easier to relate mainline churches in Africa to education than to countenance a link between African Independent/Instituted Churches (AICS) and academic progress. Indeed, those who preached on this particular day raised the issue of their marginalization and thanked university authorities for allowing them to bring the message of 'the Recreation Africa' to the nation's finest brains. Significantly, the prayer meeting was interpreted as the fulfilment of the 1940 vision where the founder of the church, Ernest Paul Mwazha, had been commanded to recruit young blacks in colleges and universities to promote an African Renaissance. 1 This article seeks to outline the guiding ideology of the African http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Exchange Brill

The Recreation of Africa. a Study of the Ideology of the African Apostolic Church of Zimbabwe

Exchange , Volume 32 (3): 239 – Jan 1, 2003

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Brill
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© 2003 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0166-2740
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1572-543X
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10.1163/157254303X00037
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THE RECREATION OF AFRICA. A STUDY OF THE IDEOLOGY OF THE AFRICAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF ZIMBABWE Ezra Chitando On 13 November 1999, the University of Zimbabwe's football grounds were transformed into a sea of white robes as tens of thousands of African Apostles converged for a prayer meeting. Members of an African Independent / Instituted Church, often caricatured as ignorant and backward, had 'invaded' the country's prime institution of higher learning. As their powerful singing reverberated through the corridors of the various university departments, one could not help wondering why it is easier to relate mainline churches in Africa to education than to countenance a link between African Independent/Instituted Churches (AICS) and academic progress. Indeed, those who preached on this particular day raised the issue of their marginalization and thanked university authorities for allowing them to bring the message of 'the Recreation Africa' to the nation's finest brains. Significantly, the prayer meeting was interpreted as the fulfilment of the 1940 vision where the founder of the church, Ernest Paul Mwazha, had been commanded to recruit young blacks in colleges and universities to promote an African Renaissance. 1 This article seeks to outline the guiding ideology of the African

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