# Mama Lü

**Mama Lü** (dem write her name for Chinese as 呂母, dem dey call am **Lǚ Mǔ**) na woman wey lead rebellion against di Xin dynasty for China. She be di first woman for Chinese history wey lead rebellion. Everything start after di government kill her pikin because of small offence. E pain Mama Lü well well, so she gather poor people wey dey vex for di government, come start fight. After she die because of sickness, di people wey follow her come join one big rebel group wey dem call di Red Eyebrows. Na dis Red Eyebrows people help spoil di Xin dynasty and help bring back di Han dynasty wey one man wey dem call Liu Xiu (Emperor Guangwu) come lead.

## Where she from and wetin happen

Mama Lü born when Western Han dynasty still dey rule China. But for 9 AD, di chief minister wey dem call Wang Mang use trick take collect di king position, come make himself emperor of Xin dynasty.

Wang Mang change many things for di country, but di big people wey get land no like di new law wey e bring. As di matter dey bad, flood come happen for di Yellow River area, and e make life hard for plenty people. All dis wahala make many people no like di government.

Mama Lü dey live for one place wey dem call Haiqu County, for Langya Commandery. Dis place dey inside Shandong province for China today. Her family get plenty money — dem talk say di money reach millions of coins according to Book of di Later Han.

For 14 AD, di government kill Mama Lü son wey dem call Lü Yu. Di boy bin dey work for government for Haiqu County, but dem say e commit small offence, and dem kill am because of dat.

Di thing pain Mama Lü so she vex come plan how she go fight di government. She use her money buy weapon, food and other things wey soldiers need. She also use her money gather plenty poor people wey don already dey vex for di government.

Before you know, her army don reach thousands of people. Mama Lü come give herself title of general, meaning she be di oga wey dey lead di soldiers.

She lead her people attack di government office for Haiqu County. Dem catch di oga magistrate wey dey in charge of di county, and Mama Lü use her hand cut di man head comot. She carry di head go put for her pikin grave like sacrifice.

## How she die and wetin happen after

Mama Lü fight make plenty people for different part of China get courage to start their own rebellion against Wang Mang government. Her own army grow well well until e reach tens of thousands of people.

But for 18 AD, Mama Lü die because of sickness. After she die, di people wey follow her come join another rebel leader wey dem call Fan Chong. Fan Chong na person wey also dey fight di government for one place wey dem call Ju County.

As dem join body, di new group wey dem form na di one wey people come dey call Red Eyebrows. Na dem and another rebel group finally help destroy Wang Mang government.

Historians dey respect Mama Lü because na she first start di fight wey finally make di Xin dynasty collapse, so di Han dynasty fit come back, and na Liu Xiu (wey dem also call Emperor Guangwu) become di first emperor for di new Eastern Han dynasty.

For Chinese history, Mama Lü na di first woman wey dem record say lead rebellion.

## Wie dem gada di tori