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Vita, Beatriz Kimpa, -1706

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Personal name headingVita, Beatriz Kimpa, -1706
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Variant(s)Chimpa Vita, -1706
Kimpa Vita Nsimba, -1706
Vita, Béatrice Kimpa, -1706
Vita, Beatriz Kimpa, d. 1706
Associated countryKongo Kingdom
Birth date1684
Death date1706
Profession or occupationSaints Women religious leaders
Found inThe Kongolese Saint Anthony, 1998: CIP t.p. (Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita) galley (burnt at the stake, 1706)
Messianisme et modernité, c2010: t.p. (Béatrice Kimpa Vita) p. 57 (Kimpa Vita Nsimba, Christian given name Dona Béatrice) p. 61 (Chimpa Vita)
diasporicroots Website, Dec. 8, 2016 (Kimpa Vita (Dona Beatriz) (1684-1706) Saint of Kongo, one of the first African women to fight against European dominance in Africa during the colonial period and expose the racism and misogyny in the Catholic church; founder of the first black Christian movement in Sub-Saharan Africa; fought all forms of slavery, and tried to reconcile Christianity with African religions and beliefs; while still in her teens, she started a non-violent anti Colonial movement to liberate the Kingdom of Kongo and return it to its former glory; led thousands of her people to rebuild and repopulate Mbanza Kongo, the capital of the once glorious unified Kingdom of Kongo; she was burned at the stake as a witch for heresy)
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