WHY COMPROMISING AND BOWING DOWN TO INVADERS?

Why compromising and bowing down to  invaders?
Arrestation and death of King Mussabwa ( Musabwa)  Kamango,
As the colonisers wanted to silence all African Kings and destroy their kingdoms.
some African Kings who opposed their ruling systems were tortured to death.
King Mussabwa Kamango refused to compromise and bow down to the colonial rulers  who reached  his land ( country ).
They were not comimg  peacefully on his land because they forced him to do some things which insulted his power.
He could look like a coward King
who could not stand for the  rights of his people  ( Bene mbuga , bene bulongo).

 
A bavila king could not be under other power while  ruling  his people.
then the Belgian  colonial administrator  decided to arrest him with his few officials.
He was much ill - treated  in the prison so that he could surrender to their authority.
As the bavila king saw death and did not want  to mislead his people by breaking some bavila  royal rules which says,

" A king is the head of all the people living his territory and no other power can challenge him on his land."

 
So then he decided to kill the colonial administrator  who was behind his ill - treament and humiliation.
He wanted to build strength in his trusted soldiers and people who were ready to die for him.

 
King Mussabwa Kamango  told his wife to hide a royal short shape knife in the food when she would visited him.
He wished to die like the commander in chief of the bavila army  and
celebrated by his people after his death.

 
Next day,  his wife brought the knife to him.
As he was robust with self - confidence,
 he succeeded to terminate the colonial administrator and some Belgian colonial officers.
 He escaped from  jail  and went to the forest of Lubako through Lugongo village on Mitumba chains of  mountains to organise more soldiers  to fight against the invaders.

 
The colonisers started hunting him for some months while directed by some bavila traitors opportunists ( power - hungry commoners )  who wanted some top positions in the colony regime.

 
One day they found his well known dangerous dog which was one of his best soldiers , 

they  followed it till to where  King Mussabwa Kamango was hidden with few soldiers.

 
It was an ambush , 

the colonial troops were surrounding the forest.
Bavila King could not find a way out of that forest and they did not have munitions as  of  the colonial army.
King Mussabwa decided to die in the war than to be cuptured and

 ended up being hanged or cut the legs and hands publicly ... 

As how the cruel punishment was to cause terror in people .
They tried to break a way out , 

missed quick supports after long fight, 

so King  Mussabwa  was  shot some bullets on the head and chest  

and he died.

 There was no mwene mbuga soldier who thought to escape the battle until to their last breaths.

 As they did not want to bow down to  invaders.  

They made  history through the battle of Lubako which taught the bavila to never be coward leader in life. 
When his people heard about his death,
they went to collect his body and buried him secretly in the royal forest of Lugongo to rest with his ancestors

 ( Mwene Munanila, Mussabwa mwene Mubila, Kinyunda kye Lugongo, Mussabwa Mundi ).

 It was a big loss to many bavila who were by the side of  their lovely king , 

the entire bavila country was quiet for some months which threatened the colonial officers...

the colonisers wished to meet the sons

 of the  late king Mussabwa kamango to discuss about the next king if they would accept to surrender and work under their rules,
prince Luhongeka Ngengethe Mussabwa and Lutabwe Kibaya Mussabwa thought to be arrested and hanged as they could not oppose the  bavira royal  rules to become the puppets of the western rulers on their father 's land.
Some bavila powers - hungry,  

sellouts took much cash from someone and presented him to the colonial officers  as a  bavira senior chief who accepted  their regime.
The rightful bavila princes remained  undercover supported and hounored by some trusted leaders  while waiting for the right time to stand for their throne.

By Africa Up Media 24