Nzoia, Kenya, Dec 25, 2025 (AFP) - Kenyan church celebrates birth of 'Black Messiah' at Christmas

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2025-12-25

In a small candlelit room in western Kenya, worshippers dressed in white gathered at Christmas to mark the birth of what they describe as the "Black Messiah". They prayed before a photo of Mama Maria, the African woman who co-founded their religious movement -- Legion Maria. Hours earlier, AFP reporters met a man who introduced himself as a prophet, Stephen Benson Nundu. Nundu carried a framed photo of Baba Simeo Melchior -- the so-called "Black......

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