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African Apocalypse - The Story of Nontetha Nkwenkwe, a Twentieth-Century South African Prophet (Paperback)
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African Apocalypse - The Story of Nontetha Nkwenkwe, a Twentieth-Century South African Prophet (Paperback)
Series: Research in International Studies, Africa Series
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The devastating influenza epidemic of 1918 ripped through southern
Africa. In its aftermath, revivalist and millenarian movements
sprouted. Prophets appeared bearing messages of resistance,
redemption, and renewal. "African Apocalypse: The Story of Nontetha
Nkwenkwe, A Twentieth-Century Prophet" is the remarkable story of
one such prophet, a middle-aged Xhosa woman named Nontetha. After
surviving the deadly virus, Nontetha proclaimed that a series of
dreams revealed to her that the influenza had been a punishment
from God. Consequently, she embarked on a mission to reform her
society.
She imposed numerous prohibitions and rules on her followers. In a
parallel movement, in 1919, millenarian Israelites congregated in
the holy village of Ntabelanga, 100 miles north of Nontetha's area,
to await the end of the world. In May 1921, police killed nearly
200 Israelites near Queenstown in a showdown over attempts to expel
the settlers.
Accused of sedition by an alarmed government, Nontetha was
committed to Fort Beaufort Mental Hospital in 1922. On Nontetha's
death in 1935, officials buried her in an unmarked pauper's grave.
In 1997, Edgar and Sapire located Nontetha's grave. Of Edgar's
efforts to return Nontetha to her home, the "New York Times" said,
"One would not expect, perhaps, that a mild-mannered professor from
Howard University would turn out to be the Indiana Jones of South
Africa."
"African Apocalypse" touches on a variety of themes, including
African Christianity, gender, protest, the social history of
madness, and the engagement of professional historians in
contemporary issues.
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