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Name: Yeke Kingdom

Type: Polity

Start: 1857 AD

End: 1891 AD

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Was a dispotic Kingdom founded by Msiri In Katanga, modern-day Democratic Republic of Congo. Msiri was killed by the Army of the Congo Free State and annexed.

Establishment

  • January 1857: The Yeke Kingdom was founded by chief Msidi (also spelled M'Siri, Mziri, Msiri) who had immigrated from Unyamwezi (central Tanzania).

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    1. Stairs Expedition to Katanga

    The 'scramble for Katanga' was won by Leopold's Stairs Expedition, which ended the Yeke Kingdom by killing Msiri, and took over the territory for the Congo Free State.

  • December 1891: The 'scramble for Katanga' was won by Leopold's Stairs Expedition, which ended the Yeke Kingdom by killing Msiri, and took over the territory for the CFS, but with its own administration until it was more closely incorporated into the Belgian Congo.

    • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • January 1886: By 1885 the Congo Free State expanded up to the Congo-Zambezi rivers system.

    • Disestablishment

  • December 1891: The 'scramble for Katanga' was won by Leopold's Stairs Expedition, which ended the Yeke Kingdom by killing Msiri, and took over the territory for the CFS, but with its own administration until it was more closely incorporated into the Belgian Congo.

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