African Queens Part 3
























                                                                                           Source: Wikipedia 


This is the tale of a young woman who claimed to have been raised from the dead and to have been given a mission by Jesus to expose colonial injustice and introduce the African people to a new form of worship. This was the beginning of it all.

Beatriz Kimpa Vita, also known as Kimpa Vita, was born on a day in 1966–1968. From a young age, Kimpa saw visions of the future, so it was expected that her parents would send her to train as a (Shaman) Nganga Marinda (someone who connects to the spiritual realm). The poor child lived her life in confusion until she had a near-death experience in her early teens, during which she declared, quote, "I have seen Jesus, he wants the Africans to be free from colonial rule and by the way he is just like you, his a Congolese along with all biblical figures" wow sister, Alright, so following this peculiar day, Kimpa renounced her role as as a Nganga Marinda then headed to the Catholic Church.

When the priest taught that colonization was God's desire for the African people and that Jesus and everyone else who resides in heaven are white, this also proved to be disappointing. Kimpa knew better than to listen to this, and so she created her own religion, Yesss Girl.

Kimpa named her religious movement Antonianism; it was her intention to reinterpret what the Catholic religion had taught about Jesus and other Christian figures. She also felt that Jesus had commanded her to reconstruct the once-famous Mbanza Kongo, which served as the capital of the Kongo kingdom prior to the arrival of the Portuguese settlers. Kimpa














Ruins of Mbanza Kongo 


Was confident that Mbanza Kongo will regain its previous splendor with the support of Jesus, a new king, and her new religion.
She led thousands of people at the age of barely 20 (what was I doing at 20?), her



The fact that she said Jesus was black—indeed, a Congolese—piqued the interest of her followers, who shared Kimpa's desire to return Mbanza to its former state. What was also astounding to hear at every gathering was Kimpa's weekly trips to heaven, where she would go to sleep on Friday and wake up on Sunday. While she was asleep, Kimpa claimed she had a visit with Jesus over the weekend, during which he gave her instructions on what needed to be done to ensure the freedom of the people.

Kimpa Vita rose to prominence in her day, inspiring thousands of people to return to Mbanza Kongo. However, her influence on the Kongo people alarmed the Catholic Church, and in the early 1700s, the 21-year-old Kimpa Vita was captured close to her hometown and executed by burning, along with her unborn child. She was accused of heresy under Kongo law, and her teachings were obviously heretical to Catholics, who particularly believed that God is white.

Many were obliged to forsake what they had learnt from Kimpa Vita after her death and return to the Catholic church; some, however, still held the belief that she was still alive and would one day make an appearance.

The life of this extraordinary queen was cut short far too soon, but her lessons have endured far longer than anybody could have expected. She was a courageous leader, activist, and preacher.


Yes, the prophetess from Africa, Queen Kimpa Vita  

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