African independent churches in Soweto

Of the estimated 6 000 African independent churches in Africa, approximately 3 000 are to be found in Southern Africa. Most of these are in the Republic of South Africa, where the history of the independent church movement goes back nearly a hundred years. The greatest concentration of independent churches in South Africa is to be found in the urban complexes round the cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria in the Southern Transvaal. Soweto, the complex of townships to the south-west of Johannesburg which houses about one million people, has about 900 of these independent churches. This study deals with independent churches in Soweto, and their relationship to their urban environment.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Social Anthropology

Year dc:date.issued

1972

Author dc:creator

• West, Martin

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Wilson, Monica

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22461

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/22461