LC control no. | n 2017000950 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Mkwawa, Chief, 1855-1898 |
Variant(s) | Mukwava, Chief, 1855-1898 Mwamuyinga, Mkwavinyika Munyigumba, 1855-1898 Mukwavinyika Mwamuyinga, 1855-1898 Mkwavinyika Munyigumba Mwamuyinga, 1855-1898 |
Associated place | Tanzania |
Birth date | 1855 |
Death date | 18980619 |
Place of birth | German East Africa |
Profession or occupation | chiefs |
Found in | The skull of Chief Mkwawa of Uhehe, 1954: cover page (Chief Mkwawa), p.1-2 (When his father, Chief Muyugumba, son of Chief Kilonge, died in 1878 or 1879, his land was divided by inheritance between his two sons, Muhenga and Mkwawa. "...in the first half of his reign (1880-1890) Mkwawa had almost uninterrupted success."), p.3 ("The end came in 1898" when he was found dead of an apparent murder-suicide by a German officer, Sergeant-Major Merkl, who collected the bounty of five thousand rupees, or £400.) Wikipedia, Jan. 6, 2017 (Chief Mkwavinyika Munyigumba Mwamuyinga (1855 -19 July 1898), more commonly known as Chief Mkwawa, was a Hehe tribal leader in German East Africa (now mostly the mainland part of Tanzania) who opposed the German colonization.) Mukwavinyika Mwamuyinga na kabila lake la Wahehe, 2011: page 127 (b. in 1855 ; d. on 19 June 1898) page 132 (erroneously called Chief Mkwawa instead of Mukwava) |