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Outlook: Africa's first Anglican woman Bishop

Ellinah Wamukoya

27/11/2012

Africa's first Anglican woman Bishop

BBC World Service - Outlook, Africa's first Anglican woman Bishop

From town planner to servant of the Lord. We meet Bishop Ellinah Wamukoya.

From town planner to servant of the Lord. We meet Swaziland's first Anglican woman Bishop.

Swaziland's first Anglican woman bishop, Ellinah Wamukoya, tells how her feminine qualities enhance what has traditionally been seen as a male role. 

Plus Dr Marsha Linehan, a leading expert in the treatment of mental illness in the United States, who reveals that she has been a sufferer herself.

(Image: Ellinah Wamukoya (R), the first woman bishop on the African continent, being ordained on 17 November 2012 by the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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