Chief Mkwawa
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Chief Mkwavinyika Munyigumba Mwamuyinga, more commonly known as Chief Mkwawa or Sultan Mkwawa, was a ruler of the Hehe Chiefdom in German East Africa, based in Kalenga, Iringa region, who opposed the
Chief Mkwawa
Mkwawa's fort at Kalenga in 1894, illustrated by Von Schele
Sir Edward Twining returning the skull
Skull on display at the Mkwawa Memorial Museum
German East Africa
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German East Africa was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, the Tanzania mainland, and the Kionga Triangle, a small region later incorporated
Chief Mkwawa
…Mkwavinyika Munyigumba Mwamuyinga (c. 1855 – 19 July 1898), more commonly known as Chief Mkwawa or Sultan Mkwawa, was a ruler of the Hehe Chiefdom in German East Africa, based in Kalenga, Iringa region, who opposed the German colonization. The name "Mkwawa" is derived from Mukwava, a shortened form of Mukwavinyika…
Askari soldiers under German command in 1896
A streetscape photo of Dar es Salaam taken by Walther Dobbertin, c. 1906-1918
Fort Bagamoyo, c. 1891
1 rupie, German East Africa, 1902. Silver 917.