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.
By
Janeth Joseph
Mwandishi
Mwananchi
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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