| LC control no. | nr 00011090 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lenshina, Alice |
| Variant(s) | Mulenga, Alice Regina Lubusha, Alice Lenshina Mulenga Lenshina, Prophetess Lubusha, Mulenga |
| Biography/History note | Individual was a political activist. |
| Associated country | Zambia |
| Birth date | 1920 |
| Death date | 19781207 |
| Place of birth | Zambia |
| Place of death | Zambia |
| Affiliation | Presbyterian Church Lumpa Church |
| Profession or occupation | Mystics |
| Found in | Blood on their hands, 1998: p. i (Alice Regina Mulenga popularly known as Lenshina) p. 2 (Alice Lenshina Mulenga Lubusha otherwise known as Prophetess Lenshina, b. early 1920's, d. date not found) p. 3, etc. (b. name probably Mulenga Lubusha; changed name to Alice Lenshina in 1953) RLIN, Mar. 31, 2000 (hdgs.: Lenshina, Alice; Mulenga, Alice; usage: Alice Lenshina; Alice Mulenga) Encyc. of women and world religion, c1999 Lenshina, Alice; Alice Lenshina Mulenga, c. 1920-1978 Kamima, T. The legend of Alice Lenshina and her holy war, 2012- v. 1, p. 1 (Alice Lenshina A.K.A. Alice Esther Mulenga; b. April 1919 at Chimba Village in Chinsali District [Zambia]) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed February 19, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Lenshina, Alice MulengaLubusha; MulengaLubusha at birth, Christian name Alice; mystic, political activist; born 1920 near, Kasomo, Zambia; earthly mission appeared in a revelation during a near-death experience (1953); worked with the local Presbyterian church; began the Lumpa Church; was known as the Queen, “Regina,” or Lenshina in the ChiBemba vernacular; the Catholics, who campaigned against her church; surrendered to the government (1964); died 07 December 1978 in Zambia) |
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