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Msiri

Msiri (c. 1830 – December 20, 1891) founded and ruled the Yeke Kingdom (also called the Garanganze or Garenganze kingdom) in south-east Katanga (now in DR Congo) from about 1856 to 1891. His name is sometimes spelled 'M'Siri' in articles in French. Other variants are "Mziri", "Msidi", and "Mushidi"; and his full name was Mwenda Msiri Ngelengwa Shitambi.

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Msiri's origins and rise to power

NyamweziTaboraTanzaniaCopperIvory
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The scramble for Katanga and killing of Msiri

Cecil RhodesBritish South Africa CompanyBelgianLeopold IICongo Free State slavery
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Yeke KingdomKatangaDR Congo
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Msiri's origins and rise to power

The scramble for Katanga and killing of Msiri

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Msiri

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Avg. degree1.97
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related to British Expeditions (Sharpe and Thomson), 1890 · 28
Msiri → Africa Company, Alfred Sharpe, Arnot, Belgian King Leopold II’s, Britain, British, British Commissioner, BSAC, Bunkeya, Cecil Rhodes’ British South, Central Africa/Nyasaland, CFS, Charles Swan, Congo Free State, Dan Crawford, English, For, In November, Johnston, Joseph Thomson
related to Katanga after Msiri · 27
Msiri → Anglo-Belgian, Belgian, Bia Expedition, Bunkeya, CFS, Compagnie, Congo Free State, Congo Free State's, Dan Crawford, Garanganze, It, Katanga, King Leopold II's, Lake Mweru, Lake Tanganyika, Left, Leopold, Msiri's, Munema, Mwami Mwenda
related to The Stairs Expedition and the killing of Msiri · 22
Msiri → According, Belgian Lieutenant Omer Bodson, Bodson, Bonchamps, Bunkeya, Canadian, Captain, CFS, Christian, December, Despite, Joseph Moloney, Katanga, Leopold, Msiri's, Munema, Negotiations, On December, Stairs, Stairs Expedition
related to The Stairs Expedition's reports · 17
Msiri → Berlin Conference's Principle, Bodson's, Britain, British Empire, Congo Free State's, Effectivity, Europe, Influenced, Katanga, King Leopold, Livingstone, London, Moloney, Moloney's, Omer Bodson, Stairs Expedition's, The Stairs Expedition's
related to The fate of Msiri's head · 16
Msiri → Belgian, Bodson, Bonchamps, Dan Crawford, Europeans, Garanganze, In, Moloney's, Msiri's, One, Paris, Roi, Stairs, The, Vive, Zambia
related to Cruel punishments · 14
Msiri → Africa, Bunkeya, Chinkonkole Kafuti's, Continuing, David Livingstone, Execution, For, In, Ironically, Kafuti, Msiri's, Mwata Kazembe VII Chinkonkole, Stairs, Tippu Tib
related to From Tabora to Katanga · 14
Msiri → Arab, East African, Kalasa, Katanga, Lake Mweru, Lake Tanganyika, Nyamwezi, Sultan, Swahili, Tabora, Tanzania, The, Ujiji, Zanzibar
related to Belgian Expeditions (Le Marinel and Delcommune), 1891 · 13
Msiri → April, BSAC, CFS, Delcommune Expedition, Expecting, He, It, Leopold, Leopold's, On, Paul Le Marinel, Swan, Thomson
related to Msiri's strategy · 13
Msiri → Atlantic, But, Coimbra, Fonseca, He, His, In, Indian Oceans, Maria, Msiri's, Portuguese-Angolan, The, Tippu Tip
related to Military power · 11
Msiri → Angola, Benguela, Coimbra, He, Instead, Katanga, Luba, Molenga, Ovimbundu, Portuguese, The Luba

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msiri's katanga stairs bunkeya expedition people leopold garanganze also trade cfs 1891 belgian arnot bodson congo bsac head british sharpe

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Tippu Tipinstance ofbut Msiri took it over and halted their southwards expansion.Msiri now had the power and influence to form alliances as more of an equal with warlords0.80text
who controlled the eastern Congo from Lake Tanganyika up to what is now Uganda in the north-eastinstance ofbut Msiri took it over and halted their southwards expansion.Msiri now had the power and influence to form alliances as more of an equal with warlords0.80text
and the Nyamwezi leader Mirambo who controlled the land route between Lake Tanganyikainstance ofbut Msiri took it over and halted their southwards expansion.Msiri now had the power and influence to form alliances as more of an equal with warlords0.80text
the coastinstance ofbut Msiri took it over and halted their southwards expansion.Msiri now had the power and influence to form alliances as more of an equal with warlords0.80text
and he sought to emulate theminstance ofbut Msiri took it over and halted their southwards expansion.Msiri now had the power and influence to form alliances as more of an equal with warlords0.80text
Livingstoneinstance ofInfluenced by the writings of men0.80text
public opinion in Britain began to clamor for reforms which benefited the indigenous subjects of the British Empireinstance ofInfluenced by the writings of men0.80text
Msirirelated to Arnot's description of MsiriOf0.60section
Msirirelated to Arnot's description of MsiriLeopold0.60section
Msirirelated to Arnot's description of MsiriBSAC0.60section
Msirirelated to Arnot's description of MsiriArnot0.60section
Msirirelated to Arnot's description of MsiriWhen Arnot0.60section

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