Tashin hankali

A 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 a Kongo a lokacin Interwar . 

 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 tilastawa samun kudi don biyan haraji da su, ita ce ta hanyar debo dabino, kuma an rage farashin kilo 30 na ‘ya’yan itace daga franc 2.5 zuwa franc 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 gidan cin abinci na Yongo, inda gwamnati ta bukaci mutane su yi noman abinci, HCB ta kasa siyan mafi yawan amfanin gonakin. 

 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 kokarinsu ne a ranar 14 ga Mayu. Burnotte da Vanhombeek ba su da nasara da farko, saboda 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 'ya'yan dabino zuwa wani kamfanin mai na Compagnie du Kasi (CK) a Bangi. Bangi ya kasance a yankin Kwkwit, mintuna 20 daga Kilamba. Da maraice na 14 ga Mayu, Vanhombeek da Burnotte sun bugu, kuma sun sa wasu daga cikin matan da aka rufe a cikin sito aka kawo musu. 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 Afirka ta tanada. Collignon ya mari Matemo ya sa bayi da ma’aikata a gidan mai. Colignon ya shigar da kara a kan Matemo, kuma mai kula da yankin Leonard Vaninthout, ya aika da wakilin yanki Maximilien Balot don yin bincike. Balot, tare da rakiyar soja da manzanni hudu, ya ci karo da gungun jama'a da Matemo ke jagoranta a ranar 8 ga watan Yuni. Balot ya yi yunkurin tarwatsa taron inda ya yi ta harbin iska da dama. Lokacin da hakan ya gaza, Balot ya harbi wani a hannu da bindigar farauta. Bayan haka Matemo ya caje Balot, ya buge shi da wuka a kai, ya kore shi cikin daji, ya karasa shi. 

Wata wasiƙar da shugaba Gustave Weekx ya rubuta a ranar 30 ga Mayu daga Pukusu ya ce: "Ƙungiyar adawa da Turai a fili tana da alaƙa da dakatar da ayyukan tattalin arziƙi. Kwanaki da yawa yanzu, ba a kai ko da akwati ɗaya na 'ya'yan itace ga kamfanin [Portuguese] na Madail de Banza." Weekx kuma ya ba da labari game da rikicin makami da ya kasance a ranar da ta gabata a Kisenzele. Weekx ya samu rakiyar sojoji hudu da direba. Ya lura da gungun mutane kusan 200, waɗanda ke cikin kukan yaƙi. Lokacin da ya zo tsakanin mita 75, Weekx da 'yan rakiya an kai hari da kibau. Weekx ya umurci sojojinsa da su bude wuta, kuma bayan an jikkata wasu Pende, sai suka gudu. Weekx ya ba da shawarar daukacin yankin kudancin Lutshima da a sanya shi karkashin mamayar sojoji. 

A ranar 3 ga watan Yuni Hakimin Gundumar Vanderhallen ya aika da wasu runduna biyu (maza 75) don gudanar da aikin da aka nema. A ranar 6 ga watan Yuni, Kwamishinan Janar Constant Wauters ya buga wa Vanderhallen ta wayar tarho, inda ya roke shi da ya mayar da aikin soja aikin 'yan sanda. Wauters ya kuma bukaci hakimin gundumar Kasai da ya hana 'yan tawayen tafiya gundumarsa. 

Wata wasiƙar da Vaninthout, mai kula da Kandale ya rubuta a ranar 9 ga Yuni, ta ce: "Daga Kobo gaba duk baƙar fata suna tashi lokacin da na tunkaro; suna da makamai da bakuna suna harba kibau ga duk wani manzannin da aka aiko don kiransu," kuma sun nemi mamaye sojojin Kandale. 

A ranar 14 ga Yulin 1931 wata jarida ta yau da kullun, Le Soir, ta buga bayanai game da sojojin Belgium sun bude wuta da bindigogi kan 'yan tawaye. Jaridar ta yi kiyasin cewa 'yan tawayen sun yi asarar rayuka kusan 100. Sojojin Belgium biyu ne kawai suka jikkata a cewar jaridar. A cikin 1932, a cikin sanarwar da aka yi wa majalisar, Ministan mulkin mallaka ya yarda cewa an yi amfani da bindigogi, kuma yin amfani da bindigogi ya haifar da mutane da yawa. 

Vanderhallen, wanda ke aiki bisa umarnin Wauters, da farko ya ki amincewa da yunkurin mika wuya, bisa hujjar cewa gawar Balot, musamman kokon kansa, ba a samu ba. Misali, sarakunan Yongo da Bangi sun yi yunkurin mika wuya a ranakun 2 da 4 ga watan Satumba, amma an gaya musu cewa za a amince da mika kansu ne kawai idan an mayar da kan Balot, da sauran sassan jikinsa. A ranar 6 ga Satumba, an kama mutanen ƙauye kusan ɗari huɗu a Kilamba. A ranar 9 ga Satumba, an gano kan Balot daga Kilamba, ƙafa daga Kisandale, da kuma yatsa daga Kasandji. Haka kuma a ranar 9 ga watan Satumba, an kashe mutanen kauyuka goma sha hudu a yankin Indele. A ranar 16 ga Satumba, an sake gano wasu sassan jikin Balot.

 Abubuwan ibada 
A lokacin tawayen, ’yan tawayen sun yi ibada da yawa. Duk da haka, a cewar mataimakin Jacquemotte, wannan baya nufin cewa tawaye ya barke ne saboda dalilai na addini. Jacquemotte, kamar Dewilliamort, yayi la'akari da dalilai na tattalin arziki. Ya yi nuni da cewa, farashin dabino ya fadi, an tilastawa al'ummar Afirka yin aiki na tsawon watanni don biyan haraji. Ya bayyana cewa: "Zaluncin da ke damun kabilun Kongo yana karuwa a kowace rana, kuma cin zarafin bakaken fata a kowace rana yana kara tsanani da rashin mutuntaka. Tawayen dai shi ne kawai sakamakon ma'ana da kuma makawa sakamakon wannan zalunci. Sakamakon ne wanda duk wadanda suka fi son wani abu, har ma da mutuwa kanta, za su ci gaba da kasancewa a halin yanzu." 

 Nassoshi