African warrior queen MUHUMUZA

the legend of Nyabinghi and the fight against European colonialism in East Africa

During the European colonial era, Africans from all across the continent fought back to expel these downpressive forces, in order to regain their rightful independence from exploitation and tyrannical rule. A notable anti-colonial resistance movement, led by a lady named Muhumuza (also spelled Muhumusa), took place in the early 20th century in south-western Uganda. Muhumuza is seen as one of the many fantastic Warrior Queens in African history

text from: https://everlivingroots.wordpress.com/2015/12/14/african-warrior-queen-muhumuza-the-legend-of-nyabinghi-and-the-fight-against-european-colonialism-in-east-africa/ Link: search for: Nyabingi Movement.pdf. Title: Nyabingi Movement: People’s Anti-colonial Struggles in Kigezi1910-1930. Written by: Murindwa Rutanga. Working Paper No.18/1991, ISBN 9970-516-97-3 166 pages, 599kb
reverse of the second postcard:
'Wohlfahrtskarte der Deutschen Kolonial Kriegerspende für Krieger, Kriegsgefangene, Kriegswitwen und Waisen'.
Bilder aus den deutschen Kolonien
Die Königin Mumusa in ihrem Tragsessel. translated: Queen Mumusa in her litter
photo Weiss; publisher / herausgeber: Hugo Bermühler Verlag Berlin-Lichterfelde
Muhumuza in her barkskin cloak, the term witch doctor is from the vintage postcard

Muhumusa in her carrying basket

* there's a Rwanda before and a Rwanda after the genocide and the 1990 civil war www.theethnichome.com


Wandering Princess: Princess Helene of France, Duchess of Aosta 1871-1951

Yuhi V Musinga, King of Rwanda, shaking hands with Duchess Elena d'Aosta. From L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XL, No 42, October 19, 1913.

"Hélène was a strong-willed princess, raised in France but closely connected with the court of Queen Victoria. After the premature end to a romance with Victoria's grandson, she married into the royal family of Italy. However, Hélène began extended adventuresome trips into Africa where she became a big-game hunter, explorer and travel writer, escaping from an unhappy marriage and the boredom of court life. Her travels took her around the world, but her sense of royal duty brought her back to nurse aboard a hospital ship in Libyan waters, then to an important role as head of the Italian Red Cross nurses during the First World War while her husband headed Italy's Third Army, and her two sons served in the artillery and the navy. Afterwards, her strong Italian nationalism made her an ally to Gabriele d'Annunzio and Benito Mussolini, but the disastrous Second World War saw her grandchildren interned in Austria and her older son die as a British prisoner-of-war while she continued her charitable work in Naples. When the country voted to become a republic in 1946, Hélène was the only member of the royal family allowed to remain in Italy with her second 'secret' husband".

https://www.amazon.nl/-/en/Edward-W-Hanson/dp/1781555923

King (Mwami) Yuhi v Musinga of Rwanda

Description: Yuhi Musinga, Date: 1910's,
Source: Alison Desforges w. David S. Newbury: 'Defeat is the only bad news': Rwanda under Musinga, 1896 -1931. Madison, Wis : University of Wisconsin Press, 2011
Author:Unknown photographer via   Wikimedia
King Musinga of Rwanda
King Musinga
Nyirakabuga, Kanjogera, Kagesha, Musinga, Murebwayire and Kankazi, ca. 1917
Nyirakabuga, Kanjogera, Kagesha, Musinga, Murebwayire and Kankazi, ca. 1917
http://royalhouseofrwanda.org/monarchical-tradition-part-ii (3 parts)
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