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Chief Mkwavinyika Munyigumba Mwamuyinga (c. 1855 – 19 July 1898), more commonly known as Chief Mkwawa or Sultan Mkwawa, was a Hehe tribal leader in German East Africa, based in Kalenga, Iringa region, who opposed the German colonization.
While at one time colonialists may have hoped Chief Mkwawa's skull would help curry favour, it served as a symbol for an independent and proud Tanzania - and still sits in its own museum in...
Mkwavinyika Munyigumba Mwamuyinga, besser bekannt als Chief Mkwawa, in Deutschland über lange Zeit auch Makaua, Makaoa oder Quawa, war ein Herrscher des Volkes der Hehe in Uhehe, später Teil von Deutsch-Ostafrika, dem heutigen Tansania. Er führte einen langen, über weite Strecken erfolgreichen Krieg gegen die vorrückende ...
14 de ene. de 2023 · Chief Mkwawa was a warrior and leader of the Hehe people, a tribe located in present-day Tanzania. He is known for his resistance against German colonial rule in the late 19th century.
14 de dic. de 2021 · Learn about Chief Mkwawa, a Hehe leader who fought against German colonization in East Africa and died in 1898. Discover how his skull became a symbol of German defeat and was returned to Tanzania after 35 years.
Mkwawa was the chief of Uhehe who won fame by defeating Germans at Lugalo on the 17th of August 1891. He then maintained their resistance for seven years until he shot himself to death in June 1898. Mkwawa is derived from Mukwava, the short form of Mukwavinyika, meaning the conqueror of many lands. He was born in 1855 at Luhota in Iringa.
15 de ago. de 2019 · Mkwawa had been the chief of the Hehe tribe in German East Africa (now Tanzania), and opposed German rule. In 1895, he declared that ‘rather than submit to German rule he would fight...
