Kongo-Wara rebellion
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The Kongo-Wara rebellion, also known as the War of the Hoe Handle[3] and the Baya War,[4] was a rural, anticolonial rebellion in the former colonies of French Equatorial Africa and French Cameroon which began as a result of recruitment of the native population in railway construction and rubber tapping.[5] It was a large colonial uprising but also among the least well-known uprisings during the interwar period.[6] Much of the conflict took place in what is now part of the Central African Republic.
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Belligerents | |||||||
Gbaya people and clans[1] Co-belligerents: |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Karnou † Bissi Yandjere |
Governor Auguste Lamblin Paul Germain Gaëtan Germain Pierre Crubillé Lt. Émile Boutin | ||||||
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290,000 villagers 60,000 warriors | unknown | ||||||
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10,000-100,000[2] | unknown |
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