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Konradin Kunze da Gabriel Mzei Orio, 2024

Mangi Meli babban sarkin Chagga ne a yanzu tsohon Moshi a Dutsen Kilimanjaro a Tanzaniya. Ba kamar mahaifinsa, Mangi Rindi Mandara ba, Meli ya yi tsayayya da mulkin Jamus. Da farko dai ya yi nasarar yaki da kungiyar da ake kira Schutztruppe (karfin kariya), amma daga karshe ya mika wuya ga sojojin mulkin mallaka. Don haka, (Tsohon) Moshi ya zama cibiyar ikon Jamus akan Dutsen Kilimanjaro. A shekara ta 1900, an rataye Mangi Meli tare da wasu sarakuna da shugabanni bisa zargin hada baki da Jamusawa. Tashin hankali na kisa na kara tashi a Tanzaniya har wala yau a cikin wakokin gargajiya da labarai.

Duk da haka, rashin tausayi bai ƙare da mutuwar Meli ba: An yi zargin an yanke kansa kuma an aika shi Jamus, in ji matar Meli, wadda ta gaya wa jikanta Isaria. Har wala yau, yana kokarin ganin an dawo da kan Mangi Meli zuwa tsohon Moshi. Bayanai sun nuna cewa an aike da kasusuwa da dama daga Moshi zuwa gidan tarihi na Ethnological Museum na Berlin na wancan lokacin domin gudanar da bincike kan wariyar launin fata. Tabbas, a cikin 2023, bisa yunƙurin zuriya, an gano wasu ƙasusuwan waɗanda aka kashe a Berlin da New York. Sai dai har yanzu ba a san inda kan Meli yake ba.

Shekaru da yawa yanzu, nunin Flinn Works da wani abin tunawa da aka ba da tallafi a Old Moshi na tunawa da Cif Meli. Labarin nasa ya ba da misali da tsayin daka a cikin gida ga mulkin mallaka a Jamus ta Gabashin Afirka da kuma zalunci na mulkin Jamus. Har ila yau, ya shaida rashin adalcin da ake ci gaba da yi na korar sauran kakanni da sunan kimiyya.

Stationen

Wanene Meli?

Juriya

shan kashi

Karkashin mulkin Jamus

kisa

Shugaban Meli

Mai tara kwanyar kai

Neman Meli

Magabata a cikin kwalaye

Aikin Mangi Meli ya rage

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