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Joseph-Albert Malula, Cardinal and Archbishop of Kinshasa (1964–1989), pioneered African inculturation by developing the Zairean Rite, a Vatican-approved liturgy blending African music and dance. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 50–55 million Catholics, his vision of a “truly African Church” shaped Vatican II and bolstered the local clergy. Malula’s legacy endures in Kinshasa, a hub of Africa’s 1.7% annual Catholic growth, as a model for culturally rooted faith.