Watan Basuto Gun

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Yakin Bindiga na Basuto, wanda aka fi sani da Tawayen Basutoland, rikici ne tsakanin Basuto da British Cape Colony. Ya kasance daga 13 Satumba 1880 zuwa 29 Afrilu 1881 kuma ya ƙare a cikin nasara Basuto.

Bayan sauye-sauyen Basutoland zuwa yankin Biritaniya a ranar 12 ga Maris, 1868, ya zama abin da gwamnatin Cape Colony ta yi wa kokarin tura yammacin duniya cikin hanzari. A shekara ta 1879, majalisar dokokin Cape ta tsawaita dokar kiyaye zaman lafiya zuwa Basutoland, da nufin kwance damarar mutanen Basuto. Babban mahimmancin bindigogi a cikin al'ummar Basuto, tare da koke-koke na baya, ya haifar da tawaye a karkashin jagorancin sarakuna Lerotholi da Masopha, wanda ya barke a ranar 13 ga Satumba 1880. Ya fi yawa kuma ya fi tsayi saboda barkewar wasu tawaye a lokaci guda, sojojin mulkin mallaka na Cape ba su kai ga nasara ba.

Rikicin soji da ya biyo baya da kuma tsadar da ake kashewa wajen gudanar da yakin, ya sa ya zama rashin farin jini a tsakanin 'yan siyasar Cape. A ranar 29 ga Afrilu, 1881, Babban Kwamishinan Kudancin Afirka, Sir Hercules Robinson ya sanar da sasanta rikicin cikin lumana.
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Taswirar Kudancin Afirka a cikin 1878, yana nuna Basutoland a matsayin yanki na Cape Colony, kafin barkewar yakin Basuto Gun.
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Nan da nan gwamnatin Cape ta fara lalata tsarin ikon gargajiya na Basuto. Ƙarƙashin sharuɗɗan Dokar Mercantile na 1871, an taƙaita ciniki ga waɗanda ke da lasisin gwamnati.Maliehe 2014A cikin 1872, ta aiwatar da tsarin gwamnati wanda ke da alhakin, wanda aka tura ikon majalisar dokoki zuwa majalisar Cape Cape. Basuto ba a tuntube su ba kuma ba a sanar da su ba. Haka kuma an hana su shiga majalisar sai dai idan sun amince su yi watsi da dokokin gargajiya da kuma al’adun gargajiya gaba daya, sharadin da suke ganin bai dace ba. Tun daga wannan lokacin, Letsie I da Wakilin Gwamna a Basutoland, Colonel Griffith, suka shiga cikin gwagwarmayar mulki. Machobane & Karschay 1990 An bai wa alkalan da Cape ta nada ‘yancin cin gashin kai wajen aiwatar da dokokin mulkin mallaka kamar yadda suka ga dama. Alkalan sun yi katsalandan ne a kan takaddamar filaye, lokacin da Basuto a baya ya ke da hakki na kebantacciyar hanya kan rabon fili. Burman 1981,kuma an mayar da hukunce-hukuncen aure da jayayya tsakanin Basuto da farar fata zuwa kotunan majistare. Annabawan Basuto sun yi iƙirarin cewa sun yi magana a cikin mafarkinsu da ruhun Moshoeshoe, wanda ya ƙara yin fushi da tsoma bakin fararen fata a cikin al'amuran BasutoBurman 1981, pp. 97–101

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