Kongo-Wara rebellion

Kongo-Wara rebellion
Date	1928–1931
Location	French Equatorial Africa, French Cameroon
Result	Rebellion defeated
Belligerents
Gbaya people and clans Co-belligerents:; Mbum people; Mbai people; Pana people; Yangere people; Mbimou people; Goundi people	France French Equatorial Africa; French Cameroon; Fula people Co-belligerents:; Gbaya chiefdoms
Commanders and leaders
Karnou †; Bissi; Yandjere	Governor Auguste Lamblin; Paul Germain; Gaëtan Germain; Pierre Crubillé; Lt. Émile Boutin
Strength
290,000 villagers; 60,000 warriors	unknown
Casualties and losses
10,000-100,000	unknown

The Kongo-Wara rebellion, also known as the War of the Hoe Handle and the Baya War, was a rural, anticolonial rebellion in the former colonies of French Equatorial Africa and French Cameroon which began as a result of recruitment of the native population in railway construction and rubber tapping. It was a large colonial uprising but also among the least well-known uprisings during the interwar period. Much of the conflict took place in what is now part of the Central African Republic.

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