Vita, Beatriz Kimpa, -1706

LC control no.	n 97112740
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Vita, Beatriz Kimpa, -1706 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Chimpa Vita, -1706 Kimpa Vita Nsimba, -1706 Vita, Béatrice Kimpa, -1706 Vita, Kimpa, -1706 Vita, Beatriz Kimpa, d. 1706
Associated country	Kongo Kingdom
Birth date	1684
Death date	1706
Profession or occupation	Saints Women religious leaders
Found in	The 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) <http://diasporicroots.tumblr.com/post/21283086916/kimpa-vita-dona-beatriz-16841706-saint-of> N'Sondé, W. La reine aux yeux de lune, 2023: title page (Kimpa Vita, la jumelle née de la guerre)