Johane Masowe

Johane Masowe
Born 1914
Gandanzara, Makoni[1]
Died 13 September 1973
Ndola, Zambia[2]

Johane Masowe (1914-1973, born Shoniwa Masedza[3]) was an African preacher and religious leader. The name "Johane Masowe" means "John of the Wilderness", and alludes to John the Baptist.[4]

In 1932, Masowe suffered a long illness, and was unable to speak or walk. Afterwards, he believed he had been "sent from Heaven to carry out religious work among the natives".[5] He initially had the nickname "Sixpence".[6]

He spent the 1930s as an itinerant preacher throughout southern Africa, and settled in Port Elizabeth in 1947.[7]

Masowe's followers eventually created several different churches. These include the Masowe weChishanu Church (weChishanu referring to observing the Sabbath on Friday), and the Gospel of God Church, which observes Sabbath on Saturdays.[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Reese 2008.
  2. ↑ Dillon-Malone 1978, p. 41.
  3. ↑ "Baba Johane's prophecy being fulfilled | The Chronicle". www.chronicle.co.zw.
  4. ↑ Mukonyora 2007, p. 14.
  5. ↑ Engelke 2007, p. 79.
  6. ↑ Griffith 2006, pp. 66-68.
  7. ↑ Dillon-Malone 1978, p. 28.
  8. ↑ Engelke 2007, pp. 3-4.

References

  • Dillon-Malone, Clive M. (1978). The Korsten Basketmakers : a study of the Masowe apostles, an indigenous African religious movement. Zambian: [Institute for African Studies]. ISBN 0719014107.
  • Engelke, Matthew (2007). A problem of presence beyond Scripture in an African church. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0520940040.
  • Griffith, R. Marie; Savage, Barbara Diane, eds. (2006). Women and religion in the African diaspora : knowledge, power, and performance. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0801883695.
  • Mukonyora, Isabel (2007). Wandering a gendered wilderness suffering & healing in an African initiated church. New York: Lang. ISBN 0820488836.
  • Reese, Robert (2008). "Masowe, Johane | Dictionary of African Christian Biography". dacb.org.
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