Great Hanging at Old Moshi
| Great Hanging at Old Moshi | |
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| Part of German conquest of East Africa | |
Photo of market day in Tsudunyi, Old Moshi 1890s, the exact tree where the mass execution took place in 1900. | |
| Location | Tsundunyi, Old Moshi Mashariki, Moshi, Tanzania |
| Coordinates | 03°16′0.3″S 36°50′5.6″E / 3.266750°S 36.834889°E |
| Date | 2 March 1900 |
Attack type | Mass execution |
| Victims | 19 Chagga, Arusha and Meru leaders and noblemen, including Mangi Meli & Mangi Ngalami |
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| Motive | Consolidate power |
The Great Hanging at Old Moshi also known as Great Chagga conspiracy and the hangings of 1900 (Unyongaji wa viongozi wa jadi pale Old Moshi mwaka 1900, in Swahili) was a mass execution that took place on March 2, 1900, during the German colonial occupation of Tanzania, 19 suspected Chagga, Arusha, and Meru leaders were publicly hanged and shot in Old Moshi for alleged conspiracy by German Captain Kurt Johannes. Some prominent leaders that were executed were Mangi Ngalami of Siha, Mangi Molelia of Kibosho, Mangi Lobulu of Meru, Mangi Lebanga of Arusha, Rawaito of Arusha, Marai of Arusha, and Mangi Meli of Moshi, Mchili Thomas Kitimbo Kirenga and Mchili Sindato Kiutesha Kiwelu. The mass execution is considered one of the tragic events in Chagga history.