African Apocalypse: The Story of Nontetha Nkwenkwe, a Twentieth-Century South African Prophet Volume 72

by Robert R. Edgar and Hilary Sapire

The 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896802086
• ISBN13: 9780896802087
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"