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Kinjikitile Ngwale
Tanzanian freedom fighter
Kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale (died August 4, ) was a spiritual medium and a leader of the &#; Maji Maji Rebellion against colonial rule in German East Africa (present day Tanzania).
Biography
Kinjikitile was a member of the Matumbi people, living in what is now Kilwa District of Lindi Region in Tanzania (then German East Africa, later Tanganyika).
Kinjikitile ngwale biography of michael
The Matumbi practiced religious forms of folk Islam. In , the then relatively unknown Kinjikitile disappeared from his home in Ngarambe. He returned after a few days and claimed that he had been possessed by a spirit medium called Hongo, believed to take the form of a snake.[1][2][3] Kinjikitile claimed to have communicated with the deity Bokera through the spirit Hongo.[2] He encouraged his followers to overlook tribal differences and unite against the Germans.[4] Kinjitkile's reputation grew rapidly, drawing followers from the , squar