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Title: | The History and 'Re-Conversion' of the Varemba of Zimbabwe |
Author: | Mandivenga, Ephraim C. |
Year: | 1989 |
Periodical: | Journal of Religion in Africa |
Volume: | 19 |
Issue: | 2 |
Period: | June |
Pages: | 98-124 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Zimbabwe |
Subjects: | Islam Lemba history Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) conversion Religion and Witchcraft History and Exploration |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1580844.pdf |
Abstract: | This article first discusses the southeast African origin of the Varemba (or Lemba) of Zimbabwe, their migration to Zimbabwe since 1900 in order to take advantage of the economic opportunities created by British colonialism, and the survival of Islamic cultural traits among them. It then examines the 'discovery' of the Varemba, in the 1960s and 1970s, by Indian and Malawian Muslims living in Zimbabwe, who subsequently started a campaign to re-Islamize the Varemba. This re-conversion campaign was initiated in three separate areas: in Majiri in the Fort Victoria District; in Chinyika in Gutu District; and in Guruve District. Notes, ref. |