Yeke Kingdom
Yeke Kingdom | |||||||
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| 1856–1891 | |||||||
Sultan of Zanzibar . Areas of influence of other tribes and of France and Germany not shown | |||||||
| Capital | Bunkeya | ||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||
• 1856–1891 | Msiri | ||||||
| Historical era | Scramble for Africa | ||||||
• Msiri's rise to power | 1856 | ||||||
• Msiri's death | 20 December 1891 | ||||||
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The Yeke Kingdom (also called the Garanganze or Garenganze kingdom) of the
Sultan of Zanzibar who controlled the east coast traders.[1]
Msiri was in fact a Nyamwezi (also known as 'Yeke' or 'Bayeke') from Tabora in Tanzania who got himself appointed as successor to a Wasanga chief west of the Luapula River by defeating the chief's Lunda enemies. Once installed he conquered the neighbouring tribes and expanded the chieftainship into a kingdom.
From its capital at
Mwata Kazembe, stopped the southwards expansion of the Luba Empire and subjugated tribes in the southwest, on the trading route to Angola
.
When King
Stairs Expedition, which ended the kingdom by killing Msiri, and took over the territory for the CFS, but with its own administration until it was more closely incorporated into the Belgian Congo.[1]
Captain Stairs, the expedition's leader, installed one of Msiri's adopted sons, Mukanda-Bantu, as his successor but of a vastly reduced area with a radius of only 20 km from Bunkeya, and with the status of a chief.[1] The chieftainship continues to this day under the title Mwata Msiri.[2]
See also
- Msiri
- Stairs Expedition
- Garanganze people
- Katanga Province
- Congo Free State
- Luba Empire
- Kazembe
References
- ^ a b c Joseph A. Moloney: With Captain Stairs to Katanga. S. Low, Marston & Company, London, 1893.
- ^ http://www.kingmsiri.com/index2.htm "Mwami Msiri, King of Garanganze". Website accessed 8 February 2007.