Alice Lenshina (1920–1978) was a Zambian woman, prisoner of conscience and self-appointed "prophetess" who is noted for her part in the "Lumpa Uprising", which claimed 700 lives. [1] [2] …

LENSHINA, ALICE (c. 1919 – 1978), was the founder of the African prophetic movement referred to as the Lumpa church. A barely literate peasant woman, Alice Lenshina Mulenga, from …

Oct 16, 2024 · Discover the story of Alice Lenshina, the rebel prophetess who led the revolutionary Lumpa Church in Zambia. Learn about her impact on Zambian religious and …

Apr 15, 2025 · In 1953 Alice Lenshina-as she was popularly known-claimed to have died and had a vision of Jesus during which he showed her a book of life, taught her a number of hymns, …

The Lumpa Church, an independent Christian church, was established in 1953 by "Alice" Lenshina Mulenga in the village of Kasama, Northern Rhodesia . The church promoted a …

Aug 4, 2024 · Alice Lenshina, leader of the Lumpa Church being escorted from a Northern Rhodesian Air Force plane in which she was flown to Mumbwa, about 75 miles (120 km) north …

Apr 15, 2025 · Prophetess Alice Lenshina Mulenga Mubisha was the founder of a powerful African independent church movement at the time of Zambian independence. Beginning as an …

May 29, 2020 · Alice Lenshina was a Zambian woman and self-appointed “prophetess” who is noted for her part in the “Lumpa Uprising”, which claimed 700 lives. Lenshina founded and led …

Alice Mulenga, who as Lenshina (meaning "regina" or "queen") founded Zambia's most well-known independent church, was born in 1924, in what was then the British protectorate of …

Lenshina’s movement took on a political orientation when her anarchist followers opposed Kenneth KAUNDA’s United National Independence Party, which came into power when …