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VIDEOS OF MAJIMAJI WAR
The Majimaji War (1905–1907) was the most significant
uprising mounted by Tanzanians against the German colonial rule. It was also
one of the most catastrophic events in the colonial history of Africa. Between
100,000 and 300,000 people of southern Tanzania died from the war and its
aftermath. Despite this acknowledged death toll, only two known Majimaji mass
graves exist.
The insurgents turned
to magic to drive out the German colonizers and used it as a unifying force in
the rebellion. A spirit medium named Kinjikitile Ngwale, who
practiced Folk Islam that incorporated animist beliefs, claimed
to be possessed by a snake spirit called Hongo.
Ngwale began calling
himself Bokero and developed a belief that the people of German East Africa had
been called upon to eliminate the Germans. German anthropologists recorded that
he gave his followers war medicine that would turn German bullets into water.
This "war medicine" was in fact water (maji in Kiswahili)
mixed with castor oil and millet seeds. Empowered with
this new liquid, Bokero's followers began what would become known as the Maji
Maji Rebellion.
Videos of Maji Maji War
Video 1 - Full History of Maji Maji War
Video 2
Video 3 - Kinjikitile Ngwale and his Magic Water
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