Around 1902 Kinjiktile Ngwale in Ngarambe at the west slopes of Umatumbi emerged.

It was talk-turned as wise, and courageously described and fulfilled thereby all characteristics of a good leader and humans, that can possess magic Kraft lilingu. Its living costs earned himself he with the agriculture. It was married with several women and had numerous children.

After the excessive quantity a daily in the year 1904 a spirit is to have taken possession of it. "„It fell on the belly, stretched the arms of itself, and began away to creep. "“In such a way he crept into a close convenient pond, about which none him could hold and therein the night spent. From this it got out of again on the next day with dry clothes as prophet. Now it was considered as of hongo possessed and began political speeches to hold.

Starting from this time Kinjikitile was regarded as leader and prophet. He said that a war is approaching and that the ancestors would assist to come back and them.

Crucially however it was that he was in the possession of a Maji Maji medicine, which should make the weapons of the Germans innocuous and weaken the Germans.

Briefly after the outbreak the Maji Maji rebellion it was one of the first victims, that were hung by the German colonial force.

Kinjikitiles message

Kinjikitile wrote already since beginning of its career as prophet its religious message with political calculation walter Nuhn writes in its book "„flames over German east "“: "„Its [Kinjikitiles] welfare expectation teachings were not only to be understood religious-ritually, ["…] it was more extensive, it had ["…] a militant-political content: its humans will not eat words"” lion or a leopard "“were a allegorische lining: with"” lion "“and"” leopard "“the"” all devouring "“was, apparently all-powerful white colonial gentleman ["…] meant. "“

Also the additive "„we all belong to Sayyid Said"… we alone are Sayyids family. Whether you are a Mpogoro, a Mkichi or a Mmatumbi, we belong all to Sayyid Said "“show the intention, which had Kinjikitile with its new message and also with its Maji Maji medicine. More importantly and for most new aspect of its message was thus that all were alike except the Jumben, Akida, Askaris and Germans and among themselves to fight each other should, but not unite, in order to fight together against the foreign rule.

It is to be assumed that Kinjikitile availed itself of the religious means, in order announces its actually political message and to spread to be able.

Literature

• Walter Nuhn: Flames over German east. Bernhard & Graefe Publishing house, ISBN 3763759697
• Jigal Beez: Projectiles to water drops. Ruediger publishing house, Cologne, 2003, ISBN 3-89645-450-1
• Karl Martin sea-mountain: The Maji Maji war against German colonial rule. Dietrich Reimer publishing house, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3496004819

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