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.