Shembe

British

/ ˈʃɛmbɛ /

noun

(in South Africa) an African sect that combines Christianity with aspects of Bantu religion

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Recently tall, husky Sampson Nkbinde tried to collect a bad debt from Chief Shembe of the native sect of Nazareth Baptists, who pride themselves on never smoking, never drinking, never getting angry.

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