Kunnie set out to make a contemporary video that touched on the relationships of these religious institutions to critical social, economic and political issues in the pre- and post-apartheid eras, such as land reform and the role of women in the church. The last video on South African Indigenous churches available for educational purposes, "Zulu Zion," was part of "The Long Search," a BBC series produced in the 1970s that focused on world religious traditions. The number of registered denominations also has increased from 5,980 to 7,170 in the years between 19. Kunnie estimates that, in South Africa alone, 55 percent of Christian church members belong to these indigenous churches. Indigenous churches in Africa are among the fastest growing religious communities in the world, having more than doubled in population between 19. "Umoya: The Spirit in Africa" draws on interviews conducted during field research trips to South Africa that span the past fifteen years. Julian Kunnie, acting director and professor of Africana studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson, has completed a DVD about South African indigenous churches.
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