The name "Mkwawa" is derived from Mukwava-a shortened form of Mukwavinyika, meaning "conqueror of many lands".
The paramount Chief Mkwavinyika Munyigumba Mwamuyinga (1855-19 July 1891), more commonly known as Chief Mkwawa, was a Hehe tribal leader in Tanzania who opposed the German colonization. Zuberi Suleiman Witara, a steward at Mkwawa Memorial Museum granted this interview to our Staff Writer DEOGRATIAS MUSHI who recently visited Kaleng, the known residence of Chief Mkwawa. Excerpts
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