Archival Significance
An early academic study, published in 1970, of African independent churches (the Zionist movement, unrelated to Jewish Zionism) and their healing practices in Rhodesia.
Institutional Context
Published by Mouton & Co under the Afrika-Studiecentrum’s ASC Communications series, translated from Daneel’s original Dutch by V. A. February. Daneel went on to become one of the most cited scholars of independent churches in Zimbabwe.
Content Summary
Examines the historical development of African independent churches in Rhodesia and their approach to healing, drawing on personal testimonies and fieldwork the author conducted in the central and south-eastern parts of the country.
Research Utility
Useful for researchers of African independent Christianity, religious history and colonial-era ethnography of religion in Rhodesia.
Abantu Archives Note
Held in-house; part of the Archive’s holdings on religious history in the region.