Muhumusa and Kaigirwa were dreaded pioneers of the East African Nyabingi priestesses that were compelling in Rwanda and Uganda from 1850 to 1950. In 1911 Muhumusa broadcasted that “she would drive out the Europeans” and “that the shots of the Wazungu would go to water against her.”
She sorted out furnished opposition against German colonialists and was, in the end, confined by the English in Kampala, Uganda, from 1913 to her demise in 1945. She turned into the first in a line of dissident priestesses battling pilgrim control for the sake of Nyabingi. Even after being detained, she motivated a tremendous prevalent after. The English passed its 1912 Black magic Act in direct reaction to the political adequacy of this profoundly based obstruction development.
In August 1917, the “Nyabinga” Kaigirwa emulated Muhumusa’s example and designed the revolt with consistent open help. English authorities set a significant expense on her head, yet nobody would guarantee it. After the English assaulted the Congo camp of Kaigirwa in January 1919, executing a large portion of the men, Kaigirwa and the primary group of warriors figured out how to dodge the military and break.
In any case, the English caught the hallowed white sheep and consumed it to clean before a conference of driving boss. After this deed, a progression of catastrophes harassed the regional official who slaughtered the sheep. His groups were cleared out, his rooftop collapsed, and a strange fire broke out in his home. Kaigirwa endeavoured another uprising, at that point, went into the slopes, where she never got caught.
Nyabingi Priestesses Muhumusa (died 1945) and KaigirwaÂ
