Urban-Mead, Wendy,

The gender of piety : family, faith, and colonial rule in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe / Wendy Urban-Mead. - 1 online resource (339 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The gender of piety in Matabeleland -- Matshuba Ndlovu: masculinity and faith in Matabeleland, 1898/1930 -- Maria Tshuma: chastity and female piety, 1920/70 -- Nakaseyemephi Ngwenya: a church planter Emaguswini, 1950/73 -- Sandey Vundhla: being fruitful for the church, 1950/70 -- Mansimango (Sithembile Nkala): sellouts, comrades, and Christians in the liberation war, 1969/78 -- Stephen N. Ndlovu: gendered piety, the new Zimbabwe, and the Gukurahundi, 1980/89 -- Gendered lives of piety -- Ndlovu and Nsimango family tree.

9780821445273 (e-book)


Brethren in Christ Church--History--Zimbabwe--Matabeleland--20th century--Case studies.
Brethren in Christ Church--Zimbabwe--Matabeleland--Biography.


Sex role--Religious aspects--Brethren in Christ Church.
Christianity and politics--History--Zimbabwe--Matabeleland--20th century.


Matabeleland (Zimbabwe)--Church history--20th century.


Electronic books.

BX9675.A43 / M388 2015eb

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