Yan tawayen Pende

Tsakanin Mayu da Satumba 1931, mutanen Pende sun yi tawaye ga mulkin mallaka na Belgium a Kwilu. Da sauri hukumomin mulkin mallaka suka murkushe tawayen amma ya kasance daya daga cikin manyan tawaye da aka yi a Kongo a lokacin Interwar"Belgian Congo (1908–1960)"

Dalilai
Rahoton Omer Dewilliamort ya tattauna batutuwa da dama da suka haddasa wannan tawaye. Harajin shugaban da ƙarin haraji, waɗanda aka yi amfani da su a matsayin hujjar doka don aikin tilastawa a Kongo, an ƙaru sosai. Daya daga cikin hanyoyin da ‘yan kasar Kongo suka tilasta wa samun kudi don biyan harajin kai shi ne ta hanyar diban ‘ya’yan dabino, kuma an rage farashin kilo 30 na ‘ya’yan itace daga franc 2.5 zuwa fran guda daya kacal. Don biyan sabon ƙarin haraji, wani mai mata biyu ya yanke ton 2.5 na 'ya'yan itace. Bugu da ƙari, mutanen Pende galibi suna fuskantar matsaloli wajen samun biyan kuɗi kwata-kwata lokacin da suke ba da 'ya'yan itace. Wakilan masana'antu sun kasance suna tafka sata da cin zarafi iri-iri. An hana biyan harajin da aka saba biya ga sarakuna. A Yongo Chefferie, inda gwamnati ta bukaci mutane su yi noman abinci, HCB ta kasa siyan mafi yawan amfanin gonakin.Marchal, Jules (2008). "9: The Revolt of the Pende (1931)". Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts: Colonial Exploitation in the Congo. Translated by Martin Thom. Introduced by Adam Hochschild

Tawaye
Asalin tawayen ya fara ne da ƙoƙarin daukar ma'aikata a madadin Huileries du Congo Belge (HCB), reshen Lever Brothers, kakan Unilever na ainihi. Wani wakilin yanki mai suna Edouard Burnotte yana aiki tare da wani ma'aikacin kamfani, Alphonse Vanhombeek, da kuma wasu manzanni. Sun fara ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce a ranar 14 ga Mayu. Burnotte da Vanhombeek ba su da nasara da farko, domin mutanen sun ɓoye a cikin daji. Da yake mayar da martani, Burnotte ya umurci manzannin da ke tare da shi su kama matan kuma su rufe su a cikin rumbu. Har ila yau, a ranar 14 ga Mayu, an yi wa maza 47 bulala a Kilamba saboda sun kasa kai adadin dabinonsu zuwa kamfanin mai na Compagnie du Kasi (CK) da ke Bangi. Bangi yana cikin yankin Kkwit, mintuna 20 daga Kilamba. Da yammacin ranar 14 ga Mayu, Vanhombeek da Burnotte suka bugu, kuma suka sa aka rufe wasu mata a cikin sito. Sai suka yi doguwar jima'i, mai yiwuwa ba tare da izinin matan ba. Collignon, daya daga cikin mutanen da su ma suka halarci wurin shakatawar, daga baya ya tafi Kilamba. A can ne wasu ‘yan Afirka suka yi masa kaca-kaca da cewa bai bayar da diyya ga wata mata mai suna Kafushi ba, wadda ya yi tarayya da ita, kuma ana kyautata zaton ta yi mata fyade, har ma a cewar wasu, saboda ya dauki kaji ba tare da ya biya su ba. Matemo ya yi yunkurin neman biyan matarsa, Kafushi, kamar yadda al’adar Afrika ta tanada.
Marchal, Jules

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