Kaizer Chiefs' Christian Saile paid homage to a Congolese religious prophet in his goal celebration.
Here's a brief background on Simon Kimbangu...
What's the story?
Amakhosi attacker Christian Saile Basomboli got onto the scoresheet in Kaizer Chiefs' 3-2 win over Cape Town Spurs at the FNB Stadium on Wednesday evening.
The Democratic Republic of Congo forward displayed a t-shirt under his jersey during his celebrations, showcasing a historical religious figure that was regarded as prophet during the early 1900s.
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Let's take a closer look at who this prophet was and the impact he had on Congolese people.
Christian Saile's celebration
Kaizer Chiefs attacker Christian Saile scored his second league goal for Kaizer Chiefs this season in their 3-2 win against the Urban Warriors at an empty FNB Stadium.
Saile's goal came in the 83rd minute and to celebrate, he lifted his shirt up to show a t-shirt that read "Kimbangu the first", showing support to Simon Kimbangu.
Kimbangu was a Congolese religious leader who founded a separatist church known as the Kimbanguist Church during the early 1900s.
In an academic study published on britannica.com, Kimbangu became famous among the Bakongo people of Lower Congo in April 1921 due to his reputation a healer to the sick and and raise the dead.
"Thousands came to hear his preaching. He was called Ngunza, the Kikongo word for 'prophet' in the Baptist translation of the Bible," revealed the study.
The study also revealed that although Kimbangu's work as a prophet may not have carried major political tones, colonialist Belgian authorities remained disturbed over his growing influence on the oppressed Congolese citizens.
"Belgian authorities, alarmed by the disturbances that he provoked, arrested him and his immediate followers in September 1921.
"He was condemned to death, but his sentence was commuted; he spent the rest of his life in prison in Élisabethville. Meanwhile, his followers and imitators spread 'Ngunzism, or, as it came to be called, Kimbanguism, in the Belgian Congo and the neighbouring French Congo and Angola," the study revealed.
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The Kimbanguists Church was later officially recognised in September 1959 by Simon Kimbangu's youngest son. Saile's t-shirt not only indicated where his faith stems from but a quick exposure into some of the religious history from his country.
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