thecitizen.co.tz·3 min read·medium
The 126-year-old tree that tells the story of Mangi Meli's execution
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Janeth Joseph
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A 126-year-old tree in Old Moshi, Tanzania, serves as a memorial for 19 local leaders executed by German colonial forces in 1900. The site is now a protected heritage landmark that symbolizes the nation's historical resistance against colonial rule.
Moshi. For more than a century, it has stood in silence, bearing witness to one of the most significant episodes in Tanzania's resistance to colonial rule. The mgunga tree in Old Moshi, Kilimanjaro Region, is believed to be the site where Mangi Meli and 18 Chagga and Meru leaders were executed by the German colonial administration on March 2, 1900.
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