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4 - Rwanda Shima Imana: The Politics of Thanksgiving

from Part I - Urban Youth and Pentecostal Worlds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2024

Andrea Mariko Grant
Andrea Mariko Grant
Affiliation:
University of Victoria, British Columbia
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Chapter 4 examines in detail a Christian crusade called Rwanda Shima Imana or Rwanda Thanksgiving Day. It explores the controversies that arose from it, in particular a conflict between a well-known Pentecostal pastor and the Catholic singer Kizito Mihigo. The conflict was in part about power: who has the right, ability, and authority to interpret the Bible and, by extension, Rwanda’s history and collective memory. This chapter also complicates the process of transformation, as some hearts were considered unable to transform, a situation which was often related to ethnic identity.

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RwandaPentecostalisnChristianitypublicspoliticsmediaCatholicismmemory
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Youth, Pentecostalism, and Popular Music in Rwanda , pp. 121 - 148
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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