George Shepperson

The Politics of African Church Separatist Movements in British Central Africa, 1892–1916

The scope of this subject and convenient chronological divisions for it may be suggested by three quotations. The first comprises questions put to the Undersecretary for the Colonies in the British House of Commons, 1 and 8 September 1909, by Keir Hardie: …whether Elliott Kamwana, a native missionary working in Nyassaland under the auspices of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, was detained as a prisoner at Chinteche from 18th March till 4th May and then deported to Cape Town, at his own expense, by the Governor…[whether] the preaching complained of referred to the Second Advent…[and]…was the statement [made] that the abolition of taxation was to follow the Second Advent…whether all this was done without any charge having been formulated against Kamwana or any form of trial having taken place…?