Within the Democratic Republic of Congo, the centenary of the Kimbanguist Church, a Congolese Christian cult has attended by a whole bunch of hundreds of believers. On Tuesday, April 6, demonstrations had been held in the town of Nkamba, nicknamed New Jerusalem, within the province of Central Congo. Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi, President of the Republic, later known as on Simon Kimbangu to unite earlier than expressing his want to see the decree of 6 April annually as a non-working day and a vacation within the nation.
with our correspondent in Kinshasa, Kamanda wa Kamada Muzembe
Born September 12, 1887, Simon kimbangu obtained from God on April 6, 1921 the mission to free the blacks from the colonial locomotive, the President of the Republic declared in his speech. For Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi, he’s a supporter of non-violence who was sentenced to loss of life on 14 October 1951 by a Belgian particular courtroom.
A sentence that, harking back to the top of state, had been remodeled into life. President Tshisekedi emphasised the loyalty of the Prophet Kimbangu to his beliefs. He didn’t hand over a jot throughout his thirty years in jail.
Simon Kimbangu’s perseverance and self-sacrificing spirit should be correctly preserved. In addition they should be taught to future generations, the top of state insisted. One other want of the President of the Republic, the proposal will probably be submitted to Parliament in order that the date of April 6 is recorded as a vacation commemorating “the legendary man who was the Prophet Simon Kimbangu”.
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Start of the Prophet: Simon Kimbangu
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Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kimbanguist Church of the Prophet Simon Kimbangu (2/2)
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