- Title: Witness 93: Man,God And Africa
- Date: 12th August 1993
- Summary: "MAN, GOD & AFRICA" IS A DOC PORTRAIT OF CHURCH COMMUNITIES, MADE UP OF SOME 9 MILLION BLACKS, WHO HAVE IN THEIR OWN WAY CONTRIBUTED TO THE STRUGGLE AGAINST APARTHEID JUST AS MUCH AS THE MORE PUBLICISED POLITICAL ACTIVISTS WHO HAVE MADE THE HEADLINES. BOUND TOGETHER BY A STRONG COMMITMENT TO THEIR RELIGION, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO SURVIVE WITH DIGNITY BY BLENDING DEEPROOTED AFRICAN TRADITIONS WITH IMPORTED VALUES OF PENTECOSTAL CHRISTIANITY. THEY VARY IN SIZE FROM GRPS OF UNDER100 TO INSTITUTIONAL ORGANISATIONS WITH MILLIONS OF MEMBERS. THEY HAVE NO OFFICE STATUSE. EVEN THE S.AFRICAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (WHOSE LIST OF GENERAL SECRETARIES SUCH AS ALAN BOESAK, DES TUTU AND NOW FRANK CHIKANE READS LIKE A ROLE CALL OF THE GREATEST AFRICAN POLITICAL LEADERS) HAVE LARGELY IGNORED THEM UNTIL VERY RECENTLY . BUT NOW THESE "INDEPENDENT" OR "INDIGENOUS" CHURCHES AS THEY ARE LOOSELY CALLED HAVE EMERGED AS A VITAL FRESH FORCE IN SOUTH AFRICA.
- Description:A PROGRAMME FOR THE "WITNESS" STRAND ABOUT THE CHURCH OF ZION IN SOUTH AFRICA.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:NEW ERA TV PRODUCTIONS LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:12/08/1993
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s