| Abstract: | This paper outlines the guiding ideology of the African Apostolic Church of Zimbabwe (AACZ). First, it provides an overview of attitudes towards African Independent Churches (AICs) in Zimbabwe. AICs are often portrayed as unsophisticated and possessing low levels of education. Next, the paper examines the emergence of the AACZ, which was established in 1959, and its guiding ideology, which stresses the role of educated, spiritually grounded Africans. They are to be the vanguard in the social, cultural and economic regeneration of Africa. This vision of the 'Recreation of Africa' militates against the negative portrayal of AICs in general. Central to the birth and development of the AACZ is the figure of its Archbishop, Ernest Paul Mamvura Mwazha. Notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] |
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