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The 1892-1894 Batetela Revolt: Congo's Forgotten Uprising
Long before the rubber atrocities made headlines, the Batetela people of the Kasai region rose up against Belgian rule in a series of coordinated rebellions between 1892 and 1894. This episode traces the origins of the uprising, from the brutal forced recruitment into the Force Publique to the simmering resentment over the chicotte whip and the execution of the Tetela warlord Ngongo Lutete. We follow the revolt's key moments: the Luluabourg mutiny of 1895, the march of rebel forces under Mulamba Nsanda, and the Belgian counterinsurgency that relied on Maxim guns and divide-and-rule…
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