A Documentary History of Shona Religion
Old and New in Shona Religion is an interactive website that allows scholars to explore the Shona religion in the middle of the 20th century. Based on over 1,200 annotated photographs taken by M.L. Daneel between 1960 and the mid-1990s, this website provides a visual history of African Initiated Churches and African Traditional Religion. At the time of these photographs, M.L. Daneel was the only person documenting oral, rural, Christian movements among the Shona people in Southern Africa. He was also the first White person allowed to visit indigenous Shona shrines. These photos, along with films, digitized books, and other resources now open up that world to others.