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Society of the One Almighty God
The Society of the One Almighty God, popularly known as the Malakite Church and with its members often called the Malakites, was a Christian church in Uganda formed by Musajjakawa Malaki in 1914.[1] It was also known as the Bamalaki sect. Malaki was highly influenced in his religious beliefs by Joswa Kate Mugema.[2] Bamalaki teachings allowed for polygamy, rejected idol worship, and called for the Sabbath to be observed on Saturday. The last caused extensive problems with the British authorities.[3] The Church was strongly anti-colonialist and anti-Western, rejecting among other things Western medicine. By 1921 the movement had approximately 100,000 followers.[4][1] Most of the members of this Church were Baganda people.[3] Sources
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