Siege na Mbomwe

Tun a ranar 25 ga watan Janairun shekarar 1915 ne sojojin gwamnatin Nyasaland suka kai hari a babban birnin Mbombwe na 'yan tawaye. Washegari ne aka kawo karshen kawanya a lokacin da sojoji daga King's African Rifles suka mamaye babban birnin na 'yan tawayen bayan wani kazamin fada da 'yan tawayen.

Fage
Domin mafi yawan tawayen, John Chilembwe ya kasance a Mbombwe yana addu'a kuma jagorancin 'yan tawayen David Kaduya, tsohon soja a cikin King's African Rifles (KAR) ya kama. Wani harin kwanton bauna ne da 'yan tawaye suka kashe a kan wata karamar kungiyar sojojin gwamnati kusa da Mbombwe a ranar 24 ga watan Janairu. An sha bayyana harin a matsayin "wanda gwamnati ta sha wahala" a duk lokacin da aka yi tashe tashen hankula na Chilembwe.[1]

Yakin
Bayan sun isa wajen Mbombwe sojojin na King's African Rifles sun kaddamar da farmaki kan tungar 'yan tawaye a ranar 25 ga watan Janairu, amma duk da haka ba a cimma matsaya ba.[2] Dakarun Chilembwe sun rike wani kakkarfan matsayi na tsaro a bakin kogin Mbombwe kuma ba za a iya mayar da su baya ba. An kashe sojojin Birtaniya biyu na Afirka kuma uku sun ji rauni;[3] An kiyasta asarar Chilembwe kamar yadda aka kashe kusan 20 tare da raunata wasu da yawa.

A ranar 26 ga watan Janairu, wasu gungun 'yan tawaye sun kai hari kan wata tawagar Katolika a Nguludi mallakar Father Swelsen. Wasu masu gadi na Afirka hudu ne suka kare aikin, daya daga cikinsu ya mutu, shi ma Father Swelsen ya samu rauni a fadan da aka kona cocin.[4] Sojoji sun sake kai hari Mbombwe a wannan rana amma ba su ci karo da turjiya daga ‘yan tawayen ba don haka suka samu nasarar kwace garin cikin sauki[5].

Bayan haka
Yawancin 'yan tawaye, ciki har da Chilembwe, sun gudu daga ƙauyen suna kama da farar hula.[5] Faduwar Mbombwe da rusa cocin Chilembwe da sojojin gwamnati suka yi a baya tare da dynamite sun kawo karshen tawayen.[5] An kama Kaduya aka dawo da shi Magomero inda aka kashe shi a bainar jama’a[6].

Bayan da aka sha kashi a hannun ‘yan tawayen, galibin sauran ‘yan tawayen sun yi yunkurin tserewa zuwa gabas ta tsaunukan Shire, zuwa kasar Portugal ta Gabashin Afirka, daga inda suke fatan za su nufi arewa zuwa yankin Jamus[5]. 'Yan sandan Nyasaland sun ga Chilembwe kuma suka harbe shi a ranar 3 ga Fabrairu kusa da Mlanje.[5] An kama wasu 'yan tawaye da dama; An daure 300 a kurkuku bayan tawayen kuma an kashe 40.[5] Kimanin 'yan tawaye 30 ne suka tsere daga kamawa suka yi zamansu a yankin Portuguese kusa da kan iyakar Nyasaland.[7]

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