Lusinga lwa Ng'ombe

Lusinga Iwa Ng'ombe (c. 1840-1884) mai cinikin bayi ne a yankin da ke yammacin tafkin Tanganyika a cikin 1870s da farkon 1880s.

 Shekarun farko 
An haifi Lusinga a shekara ta 1840 a cikin "Buluba", kasashen da ke arewa maso gabashin Lubanda wadanda mutanen gabashin Luba ke zaune.  Ya fito ne daga dangin Sanga ("Bushpig").  A wani lokaci Lusinga da alama ya ziyarci Unyanyembe, kusa da Tabora a Tanzaniya ta zamani, inda ya gane darajar da aka jingina ga bayi da hauren giwa. Ya sami musket, ko kuma masu riƙe da makamai, kuma shine farkon wanda ya fara amfani da bindigogi a yankin yammacin tafkin. Da wannan babban makamin ya yi gaggawar kayar da hakimai a yankin Cape Tembwe, wani muhimmin batu na kasuwanci da ke ratsa tafkin Tanganyika, ya zauna a wani kauye mai kagara. Bayan da ya rage yawan jama'ar yankin ta hanyar bautarsa, da kuma matsin lamba daga wasu bayi, ya koma wani sabon sansanin kwana biyu da tafiya daga Lubanda a cikin tsaunin Mugandja, a kan rafin Muswe na kogin Lufuko .  A ƙarshen aikinsa, Lusinga yana da mata sittin. Wadannan sun ba da ma'aikata masu amfani don aikin noma, wanda ya ba Lusinga karuwar arziki. 

 Tuntuɓar Turawa 
Wani ɗan binciken ɗan Burtaniya Joseph Thomson ya sadu da Lusinga a cikin 1879. Ya bayyana shi a matsayin "mai karfin zuciya" saboda rashin tausayin da ya yi da ya kama bayi don kasuwancin gabashin Afirka. An ba sojan Belgium Emile Storms aikin kafa sansanin Belgium a yammacin gabar tafkin Tanganyika. Ya isa Mompara a gabar yammacin tafkin a cikin Afrilu 1883. Ya sadu da babban Mpala, wanda ya ba da izinin gina ofishin a yankinsa. A ranar 4 ga Mayu 1883 aka aza harsashin ginin tashar Mpala . Chief Mpala da Storms sun zama 'yan'uwan jini a wani biki a ranar 25 ga Yuni 1883. Lusinga ya halarci wannan bikin.

Don ƙarfafa ikonsa a yankin, a cikin 1884 da 1885 Storms sun yi jerin hare-hare a kan Lusinga da magoya bayansa. Ya wawashe garuruwansu ya kwashe ganimar zuwa sansaninsa da ke Mpala, inda wasu daga cikinsu suka bata lokacin da katangar ta kone.  A cikin Nuwamba 1884, yayin da yake cikin Karema, hadari ya ji cewa Lusinga yana shirin yin yaki a Mpala.  Guguwa ta aika da rundunar mutanensa da mutanensa daga balaguron da Paul Reichard yayi don cin nasara akan Lusinga. Sun yi nasarar kutsa kai cikin kagara na Lusinga, inda suka harbe shi suka dauki kansa, wanda ke a gidan adana kayan tarihi na kimiyyar halitta na Belgium . 

 Gado 
Guguwa ta maye gurbin Lusinga a matsayin shugaba ta Ukala the Nyamwezi, daya daga cikin abokan guguwar.  Guguwa ta tattara wani mutum mai suna Lusinga a lokacin wani hari da aka kai kauyensa a 1884. Hoton, a cikin salon Luba, an tsara shi don nuna sabon matsayinsa na sarauta. An gudanar da shi a gidan tarihi na Royal na Afirka ta Tsakiya a Tervuren, Belgium.  Har ila yau hadari ya kawo kokon kan Lusinga zuwa Turai lokacin da ya dawo, kuma ya ba da shi ga masanin ilimin ɗan adam Émile Houzé, wanda ya rubuta rubutun game da batun inda ya ga "lalacewa" a cikin kwanyar. 

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