Title: African tribal and national resistance
1African tribal and national resistance
2- Mla mbuzi hulipa ngombe.
- The eater of a goat, pays back a cow.
- Old Swahili saying
3Ashanti-Anglo wars (1823-1896)
- These were a series of four battles between the
Ashanti of modern-day Ghana, and the British.
Britains losses in these wars were living proof
that the people would never be conquered for long.
4Ashanti-Anglo wars (1823-1896)
5Battle of Adowa(1896)
- The first Ethiopian-Italian war. The invading
Italians suffered huge losses in the hands of
Emperor Meneliks troops. The Italians attempt
to take over Ethiopia failed miserably. This
battle ensured that Ethiopia would never be
colonised.
6Battle of Adowa(1896)
7Battle of Isandlwana, 1879
- The Zulus under their King- Cetshwayo fought a
fierce battle against the invading English
troops. This battle fueled the fires for many
other revolts against the British.
8Battle of Isandlwana, 1879
9Bakiga resistance(late 1900s)
- The Bakiga community of modern day Rwanda
fought continuously against German colonial
troops. The anti-centrist cult of Nyabingi was
the strongest factor in the peoples resistance
to German rule, that proclaimed a life-long
battle against the colonialists.
10Bakiga resistance(late 1900s)
11The Nandi Uprising under Koitalel Arap
Samoei(early 20th century)
- Koitalel Arap Samoei led the Nandi people of
modern Kenya in fighting against the British. His
people greatly opposed colonial rule, and dreaded
the building of the Kenya-Uganda railway line
which had been foreseen to be the beginning of
the end for tribal sovereignty and culture.
12The Nandi Uprising under Koitalel Arap
Samoei(early 20th century)
13Maji Maji Rebellion(1905-1906
- The Maji Maji rebellion was the greatest
challenge to German colonial rule in Africa, and
took place in Tanganyika(modern day Tanzania.)
The rebellion was led by a spirit medium of the
Ngoni people- Kinjikitile Ngwale.
14Maji Maji Rebellion(1905-1906)
15Giriama resistance under Mekatilili wa Menza(1914)
- Mekatilili Wa Menza was a Kenyan woman warrior,
who led the Giriama people in a rebellion against
British missionaries in 1914. Giriama people, who
inhabit Kenyan coast, had Kayas, sacred forest
shrines, which were being destroyed by the
missionaries. They fought to preserve their
culture.
16Giriama resistance under Mekatilili wa Menza(1914)
17Malagasy Uprising(1947-1948)
- The Malagasy Uprising (or Revolt of Madagascar)
was an attempted revolution against the French by
nationalists on the island of Madagascar between
1947 and1948.
18Malagasy Uprising(1947-1948)
19Mau Mau uprising(1952-1960)
- The Mau Mau was an insurgency by Kenyan rebels
against the British Colonial administration that
lasted from 1952 to 1960. The core of the
resistance was formed by members of the Kikuyu,
Meru and Embu tribes. The rising hastened Kenyan
20Mau Mau uprising(1952-1960)
21Algerian independence war(1954-1962)
- This was a complex guerilla warfare that
eventually led to Algeria getting their
independence from France
22Algerian independence war(1954-1962)
23Movement for the liberation of Angola (1961-1975)
- The Popular Movement for the Liberation of
Angola - Party of Labour is an Angolan Political
Party that has ruled the country since
independence in 1975. The MPLA fought against
Portugal in the war for independence from 1961 to
1975.
24Movement for the liberation of Angola (1961-1975)
25Soweto uprising (1976)
- Though not a victory for the Black South
Africans, this uprising helped bring the plight
of the Black South Africans to the international
scene. The horror and cruelty of the massacre of
the children was enough to even enough to move
some apartheid-regime sympathizers and show this
regime that they could not suppress the people
much longer.
26Soweto uprising (1976)