Kongo-Wara rebellion
| Kongo-Wara rebellion | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Gbaya people and clans Co-belligerents: |
Co-belligerents: | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Karnou † Bissi Yandjere |
Governor Auguste Lamblin Paul Germain Gaëtan Germain Pierre Crubillé Lt. Émile Boutin | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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290,000 villagers 60,000 warriors | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 10,000+ | 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.