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Title: African tribal and national resistance


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African tribal and national resistance
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  • Mla mbuzi hulipa ngombe.
  • The eater of a goat, pays back a cow.
  • Old Swahili saying

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Ashanti-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.

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Ashanti-Anglo wars (1823-1896)
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Battle 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.

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Battle of Adowa(1896)
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Battle 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.

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Battle of Isandlwana, 1879
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Bakiga 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.

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Bakiga resistance(late 1900s)
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The 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.

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The Nandi Uprising under Koitalel Arap
Samoei(early 20th century)
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Maji 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.

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Maji Maji Rebellion(1905-1906)
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Giriama 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.

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Giriama resistance under Mekatilili wa Menza(1914)
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Malagasy 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.

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Malagasy Uprising(1947-1948)
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Mau 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

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Mau Mau uprising(1952-1960)
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Algerian independence war(1954-1962)
  • This was a complex guerilla warfare that
    eventually led to Algeria getting their
    independence from France

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Algerian independence war(1954-1962)
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Movement 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.

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Movement for the liberation of Angola (1961-1975)
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Soweto 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.

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Soweto uprising (1976)
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