Uwini was

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leader from

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. He was considered a divinity. He was in the resistance against the British colonialism and was accused of participating in the murder of white settlers by the

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. He was tried by court-martial and executed on the edge of the Somaboola (Somabhula) Forest about 80 miles from

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in 1896.

Sources

*Robert Baden-Powell: ''The Matabele-Campaign 1896.''
Online-Ausgabe in Englisch
ref>Free download from http://www.thedump.scoutscan.com/dumpinventorybp.php 1896 deaths Rhodesian people Year of birth missing People of the First Matabele War

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