TB Joshua, who has died aged 57, was one of Africa's most influential preachers.
Nigeria's influential pastor TB Joshua, who has died aged 57, was considered a pariah among the country's mega-televangelists and struggled until his death to be accepted within their circles, despite amassing millions of followers across Africa.
"He was rough. He was crude. His methods were unorthodox," says Abimbola Adelakun, assistant professor in the African Studies Department at the University of Texas.Mr Joshua came from a poor background and was brought up by his Muslim uncle following the death of his Christian father. "The extreme charismatic movements feel you need a mentor - Paul, father of Timothy, Elijah, father of Elisha, and all that. They thought he was fake and the relationship was frosty."
But he still wielded enormous power - people fell when he spread out his arms, rolled when he snapped his fingers, and his breath pushed back rows and rows of his congregation.On some occasions, he gazed intently at those he was praying for and seemed to control the movement of others with an invisible remote.
"But because he did not belong to the clique or fall into their own description of God, he was demonized," says Mr Osinaike.Large crowds have been mourning outside the headquarters of TB Joshua's church
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