Wade, Richard PeterEriksson, Patrick GeorgeRautenbach, Cornelis Johannes de WetDuncan, Graham A.2014-08-212014-08-212014Richard P. Wade, Patrick G. Eriksson, Hannes C.J. deW Rautenbach & G.A. Duncan (2014) Southern African cosmogenic geomythology (“following a star”) of the Zion Christian Church, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 69:2, 81-89, DOI: 10.1080/0035919X.2014.905880.0035-919X (print)2154-0098 (online)10.1080/0035919X.2014.905880http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41493Oral traditions and indigenous knowledge of the Limpopo Province in South Africa suggest a meteor event occurred in the area several decades ago. This relatively recent significant meteor event with associated features may have contributed to a revitalization of 13th century ancestral geomythology, also based on an astronomical event, and to an ideological transformation that augmented a vast sociopolitical belief system in sub-Saharan Africa.en© 2014 Royal Society of South Africa. This is an electronic version of an article published in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, vol.69, no. 2, pp. 81-89, 2014. doi : 10.1080/0035919X.2014.905880. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ttrs20.GeomythologyMeteorImpact craterArchaeoastronomyLembaIndigenous knowledge systems (IKS)RX J0852.0-4622G266.2-1.2Great ZimbabweOral traditionZion Christian Church (ZCC)Postprint Article