MESSIAH COMPLE+ 91J E S U S
OF KITWE
ALSO KNOWN AS
Parent Rock
of the World,
Mr. Faithful,
Mr. Word of God
Jesus of Kitwe walks
around a marketplace in
the town of Ndola, Zam-
bia, proclaiming the ar-
rival of the Messiah and
the End of Days. When
he’s not sermonizing,
the 43-year-old man
named Bupete Chibwe
Chishimba wears street
clothes, drives a taxi,
and lives with his wife
and five children in
neighboring Kitwe, a
copper-mining city with
more than half a million
inhabitants. This Jesus
says he received a rev-
elation from God when
he was 24. Shortly after
this image was taken,
a crowd of churchgoing
Christians accused him
of blasphemy. When the
crowd began to threaten
violence, Jesus of Kitwe
left in a hurry.