Tag: Nyabingi
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On the spirit of Nyabingi
The Nyabingi movement, influential in southwestern Uganda from 1850 to 1950, was centred around a woman healer, Muhumusa, who was possessed by the spirit of Nyabingi, a legendary “Amazon Queen.” Muhumusa organized armed resistance against German colonialists and subsequently detained by the British in Kampala, Uganda from 1913 to her death in 1945.The spirit of […]
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On the many faces of Rasta: Nyabinghi Order
Michael Barnett in his 2005 essay “The many faces of Rasta: Doctrinal Diversity within the Rastafari Movement” gives description of main branches of Rastafari: Twelve tribes of Israel, BoboShante and Nyabinghi Order.First part of the chapter on Nyabinghi Order also goes into the origins of Rastafari dreadlocks: The Nyahbinghi OrderThis Mansion is the oldest of […]