== Rise to power Gbudwe was born the fourth son of Bazingbi, then the azande king in 1835. His mother, Ngbaira, was no true azande but a captive of a war against foreing people. Ngbaira was exucuted by Bazingbi on charges of witchcraft, believed to have caused the death of one of the children of his other wives. So Gbudwe grew up as the son of a witch. Still gbudwe was one of Bazingbi oldest sons( he had 40 sons in total) and was high in his fathers esteem. When a young man, twenty in 1855, gbudwe led a attack on arabs in azande land. This was on the order of his father, for the arabs had insulted him. As thanks he was given his own province. When Bazingbi died in 1860 gbudwe oldest brother Ngima succeeded him as planned. But the second eldest son Ezo, in charge of his own province, rose in rebellion. Ngima forces beat down the rebelion and Ezo was killed but not before ezo had captured Ngima and castrated him. In revenge of Ezo death Gbudwe also rose in rebellion and in the battle of princes defeated Ngima and killed him. Since then gbudwe was the king of the Azande. His reign Gbudwe had managed to become king but that didn"t mean he could breathe easily. The structure of the azande kingdom was very feudal with gbudwe clan members ruling other provinces as govenors. Family members who ruled provinces included his brothers Wando and malingindo, cousins Ngangi and gamanzu, uncles tombo, ukwe, ngindo( ukwe and ngindo were full brothers of his father), gbiala and distant cousins Kipa and tikima. Gbudwe was more powerful than any of them but together they were more powerful. Gbudwe balanced that with having friendly relations with a few and rivalry with other. In that he acted no other than his father. He was a good king who cared for the common folk. His hatred of the arabs stemmend form them taking azande as slaves. He deposed Ngangi as govenor for selling Azande as slaves to arabs He also followed azande tradition in conguering and plundering neighbouring people. Gbudwe led so well himself as govenors conduct campaings. Apart with his troubles with arabs his trouble with his brother Wando was notorious. Wando believed that he should be king as oldest surviving son of bazingbi. After Gbudwe return from captivity Wando tried to take advantage and secede his province as an independt kingdom. In a war from 1885-1887 wando failed to do that but retained his govenorship. In 1899 Wando son Renzi tried to do the same thing but also failed and was pardoned and permited to retain governorship by Gbudwe. Relationship with other societies King Gbudwe hated and despised both Egyptian Arabs and whites, dismissing them all in a memorable phrase as "dirty little crop-headed barbarians". He fought a vicious civil war with his brother Ngima after the death of their father, and after consolidating his power he went on to win several battles against the Arabs  .
 Relationship with other societies King Gbudwe hated and despised both Egyptian Arabs and whites, dismissing them all in a memorable phrase as "dirty little crop-headed barbarians". In the early 1870s he fought a vicious civil war with his brothers after the death of their father, and after consolidating his power he went on to win several battles against the Arabs , French and the British .
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== Rise to power Gbudwe was born the fourth son of Bazingbi, then the azande king in 1835. His mother, Ngbaira, was no true azande but a captive of a war against foreing people. Ngbaira was exucuted by Bazingbi on charges of witchcraft, believed to have caused the death of one of the children of his other wives. So Gbudwe grew up as the son of a witch. Still gbudwe was one of Bazingbi oldest sons( he had 40 sons in total) and was high in his fathers esteem. When a young man, twenty in 1855, gbudwe led a attack on arabs in azande land. This was on the order of his father, for the arabs had insulted him. As thanks he was given his own province. When Bazingbi died in 1860 gbudwe oldest brother Ngima succeeded him as planned. But the second eldest son Ezo, in charge of his own province, rose in rebellion. Ngima forces beat down the rebelion and Ezo was killed but not before ezo had captured Ngima and castrated him. In revenge of Ezo death Gbudwe also rose in rebellion and in the battle of princes defeated Ngima and killed him. Since then gbudwe was the king of the Azande.
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His reign Gbudwe had managed to become king but that didn"t mean he could breathe easily. The structure of the azande kingdom was very feudal with gbudwe clan members ruling other provinces as govenors. Family members who ruled provinces included his brothers Wando and malingindo, cousins Ngangi and gamanzu, uncles tombo, ukwe, ngindo( ukwe and ngindo were full brothers of his father), gbiala and distant cousins Kipa and tikima. Gbudwe was more powerful than any of them but together they were more powerful. Gbudwe balanced that with having friendly relations with a few and rivalry with other. In that he acted no other than his father. He was a good king who cared for the common folk. His hatred of the arabs stemmend form them taking azande as slaves. He deposed Ngangi as govenor for selling Azande as slaves to arabs He also followed azande tradition in conguering and plundering neighbouring people. Gbudwe led so well himself as govenors conduct campaings. Apart with his troubles with arabs his trouble with his brother Wando was notorious. Wando believed that he should be king as oldest surviving son of bazingbi. After Gbudwe return from captivity Wando tried to take advantage and secede his province as an independt kingdom. In a war from 1885-1887 wando failed to do that but retained his govenorship. In 1899 Wando son Renzi tried to do the same thing but also failed and was pardoned and permited to retain governorship by Gbudwe.
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