Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Maji Maji Rebellion (German: Maji-Maji-Aufstand, Swahili: Vita vya Maji Maji), was an armed rebellion of Africans against German colonial rule in German East Africa (modern-day Tanzania). The war was triggered by German colonial policies designed to force the indigenous population to grow cotton for export.
This is a list of conflicts in Africa arranged by country, both on the continent and associated islands, including wars between African nations, civil wars, and wars involving non-African nations that took place within Africa. It encompasses pre-colonial wars, colonial wars, wars of independence, secessionist and separatist conflicts, major ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Kamwina Nsapu rebellion; 1986 Ne Muanda Nsemi: CODECO: None 1970s Coordination for a Referendum on Self-determination for Katanga (CORAK) None Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) None 2000 Kamwina Nsapu militia: None Mai-Mai: None 1960s Mai Mai Kata Katanga: None 2011 Mai Mai Gédéon: None Mai Mai Sheka: None Mai-Mai Simba ...
However, there was a Maji Maji rebellion in German East Africa/Tanzania in 1905/6, ('Maji' meaning 'water' after a 'water-medicine') so this may be the origin of Mau Mau. As the movement progressed, a Swahili backronym was adopted: " Mzungu Aende Ulaya, Mwafrika Apate Uhuru", meaning "Let the foreigner go back abroad, let the African regain ...
Rebellion suppressed by forces loyal to Emperor Go-Shirakawa. Established the dominance of samurai clans and eventually the first samurai-led government in the history of Japan: 1185 Rebellion of Asen and Peter against Byzantine Empire: Balkan Mountains: Bulgarians and Vlachs: Creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire: 1209–1211 Quách Bốc ...
British-ruled Kenya was the place of a rebellion from 1952 to 1960, an insurgency by Kenyan rebels against the British colonialist rule. The core of the rebellion was formed by members of the Kikuyu ethnic group, along with smaller numbers of Embu and Meru.
Somali Revolution or Somali Rebellion (1986–92) Tunisian Revolution (2010–11) Sudanese war of independence (1956) Sudanese Revolution of 1964; Sudanese Revolution of 1985; Sudanese Revolution (2018-19) Zanzibar Revolution (1964)