African Apocalypse - 9780896802087

African ApocalypseThe Story of Nontetha Nkwenkwe, a Twentieth-Century South African Prophet\nAuthor(s): Robert R. Edgar, Hilary Sapire\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Ohio University Press, United States\nImprint: Ohio University Press\nISBN-13: 9780896802087, 978-0896802087\nSynopsis\nThe 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.\n She imposed numerous prohibitions and rules on her followers. In a parallel movement, in 1919, millenarian Israelites co.