Gongo Lutete information

Ngongo Lutete (or Gongo Lutete or Ngongo Leteta) was a Songye leader and chieftain during the late 19th century. As a boy Ngongo Lutete was enslaved by...

Tip, an Arab slave trader from Zanzibar. Following this, the chieftain Gongo Lutete began working with Tip and the Arabs to lead the Songye (who were once...

Francis Dhanis. In April 1892, 10,000 Batetela, under the command of Gongo Lutete, joined forces with Dhanis in a campaign against the Swahili–Arab leaders...

carried on the war in his stead. In 1892, after suffering an early defeat, Gongo Lutete betrayed Sefu bin Hamid and defected to the Force Publique. In response...

eaten, with only their heads being kept as mementos. During this time, Gongo Lutete, the leader of the Batetela, "hid himself in his quarters, appalled by...

carried on the war in his stead. In 1892, after suffering an early defeat, Gongo Lutete betrayed Sefu bin Hamid and deflected to the Force Publique. In response...

garrison of Luluabourg mutinied in response to the execution of the warlord Gongo Lutete for treachery during the war against the Arabs. In October 1896, there...

Event January The garrison of Luluabourg mutinies in response to the execution of the warlord Gongo Lutete for treachery during the war against the Arabs....