Death, Christianity, and African Miners: Contesting Indirect Rule in the Zambian Copperbelt, 1935—1962

[...] the spirits of the dead- whether Bemba or Bisa, Lozi or Luvale, Ngoni or Lunda, etc.- could find eternal rest, without the ritual intervention of backward-looking chiefs or their "tribal" representatives. [...] the beliefs and practices that converts create became central to the expr...

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Published in:The International journal of African historical studies Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 89 - 112
Main Author: Kalusa, Walima T.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA Boston University African Studies Center 01.01.2011
African Studies Center
Boston University
Subjects:
20th century
African Christianity
African culture
African history
Anthropology
Bantu languages
Beliefs
Christian history
Christian missionaries
Christianity
Colonial history
Colonialism
Colonization.(colonial history and chronicles)
Cultural history
Cultural identity
Death
Death & dying
Dissent
Ethnology
Europe
Everyday life
Funerary rituals
Historical source materials
Miners
Mines
Mining
Mining industry
Mortality
Religion & politics
Religious rituals
Rituals
Rules
Social identity
Sources and methods
United Kingdom
Zambia
Colonial period
Zambia
East Africa
Miner
Death
Contestation
Christianity
Copper
African
ISSN:0361-7882, 2326-3016
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Summary:[...] the spirits of the dead- whether Bemba or Bisa, Lozi or Luvale, Ngoni or Lunda, etc.- could find eternal rest, without the ritual intervention of backward-looking chiefs or their "tribal" representatives. [...] the beliefs and practices that converts create became central to the expression and definition of their own urban cultural and social identity.
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ISSN:0361-7882
2326-3016