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Belgium's 1920 Boma Prison Break: The Trial of Kimbangu
In 1920, the Prophet Simon Kimbangu led a healing revival in the Belgian Congo that attracted thousands of Bakongo followers, alarming colonial authorities who feared a messianic uprising. His arrest in Nkamba triggered a dramatic prison break attempt at Boma, where Kimbanguistas stormed the jail under the belief that their leader's divine power could shatter chains. This episode explores Kimbangu's theology of black liberation, the trial that sentenced him to life in solitary, and how the movement survived decades of suppression to become the Kimbanguist Church, now one of…
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