African Entrepreneurship Chronicles
Chapter 76

The Promised Land

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Kingdom of Karagwe.

One of the eight kingdoms west of Great Lakes Region.

It is a country established by local indigenous people on the west bank of Great Lakes Region, bordering Kingdom of Buganda to the north, and Kingdom of Igara and Kingdom of Burundi to the west.

Its territory is mainly located in the territory of Tanzania in the previous life.

Between the Great (Victoria) Lake to Frederick (Albert) Lake and Solon (Tanganyika) Lake, the land area is only about 150,000 square kilometers.

But there are eight indigenous countries distributed across them, which is also the area where black people are the strongest in East Africa. Among them, Kingdom of Buganda is the most powerful country established by the entire East African Black people (Abyssinia is not purely Black nation, but is deeply influenced by Arab culture).

The names of these eight indigenous nations: Kingdom of Kitara, Kingdom of Turu, Kingdom of Nkole, Kingdom of Buganda, Kingdom of Karagwe, Kingdom of Igara, Kingdom of Rwanda, Kingdom of Burundi.

Among them, Kingdom of Buganda, Kingdom of Igara, and Kingdom of Burundi are bordered by East African colony.

With the development of the East African colony "Purge" movement, the indigenous tribes who fled to the northwest poured into these three countries.

Kingdom of Karagwe Border.

As a slave kingdom, Kingdom of Karagwe had no defensive power in the east. After all, the east was originally populated by indigenous tribes, which posed no threat to Kingdom of Karagwe at all.

Although Eight Northwestern Kingdoms has formed a country, it is still in a very primitive stage. Their governance method is actually similar to that of a colony.

They all used the army to carry out colonial activities on the indigenous tribes within the territory, which was somewhat similar to China's Shang Dynasty. Through military conquest, local countries became vassals and paid tribute.

Therefore, it is impossible to fight against the refugee wave launched by East African colony with its inefficient national structure.

Today, another large group of people entered Kingdom of Karagwe from here.

They are Koge Tribe, originally a giant indigenous tribe living in East African colony Great Plains Region, with a total population of nearly two thousand people.

The leader Odebiou can be said to be the first generation of the Koge Tribe. Since his succession, he has used war to annex surrounding tribes and plunder the population, becoming an indigenous overlord in Great Plains Region.

The good times did not last long. After the East African colony "purge" movement, Tabora Municipal Government of Great Plains Region, in order to eliminate the indigenous tribe entrenched in Great Plains Region, assembled an armed force of more than 500 people to encircle and suppress Koge Tribe.

Even though Odebiou has three heads and six arms, it is still no match for East African colony's modern weapons.

Shortly after the battle, Koge Tribe was defeated.

Odebiou led the remaining troops to embark on an arduous escape journey.

Colonial Government could drive it northwest, so after a long journey of more than 200 kilometers, Odebiou's troops finally arrived at the Kingdom of Karagwe border today.

After several days of running away, Odebiou now only has more than a thousand tribesmen left. The war and escape have reduced Koge Tribe's membership by nearly half.

Odebiou was surprised to find that the group of demons who knew how to use magical weapons stopped chasing them and seemed unwilling to take another step forward.

In fact, East African Colonial Government has achieved the purpose of this trip, and ahead is Kingdom of Karagwe. East African colony's goal is to drive these indigenous people into its territory.

The naive Odebiou thought that there were gods living in the northwest, so these devils did not dare to come forward.

Odebiou, who was already serving as a tribal priest, became more energetic now.

He picked up his witchcraft staff and immediately started a strange dance in front of the crowd.

He stood on tiptoes and circled quickly on the ground, as if his feet were not earth but hot as a furnace.

He began to mutter words, but no one could understand what he was saying. Even the members of the tribe had no idea what the leader was doing, but he seemed to be unaware of his seriousness and was very powerful.

With the blessing of mantras and dance, soon Odebiou's whole body began to twitch and his eyes began to turn white.

The witchcraft stick in his hand began to tilt slowly toward the northwest, and finally pointed directly toward the northwest.

Soil, Odebiou made a loud sound.

"Shakaraka..."

The whole person "fainted" on the ground, and his men were so frightened that they did not dare to step forward to help him.

After all, the leader's appearance just now looked like a symptom of "evil possession", and Odebiou was the only high priest of the tribe. He couldn't solve it. The extremely superstitious tribe did not dare to act rashly.

Some people have even knelt down and begun to pray for the blessing of the tribal gods. The god of the Koge Tribe is a lion, so they have lion head patterns on their tattoos.

A hundred meters away, East African colony soldiers, who were responsible for watching these natives and preventing them from running back, looked curiously at the strange behavior of these natives.

"What are these savages doing?"

"It looks like the master dance master in the village in the past!"

"Did the leader roll his eyes while jumping around just now? The goddess in our village will do the same."

"You can see him rolling his eyes from this far away?"

"Then I definitely couldn't see it. The main reason is that his movements looked too much like the goddess in our village, so I guess he rolled his eyes."

"It's really rare that these natives believe in gods and ghosts! Do you think there are Heavenly God, King Yama... these in this world?"

"This... may exist in the Great Qing country. Aren't we no longer in the Great Qing country? Those gods! Fairies! They can't control us. According to Germans, this land is blessed by God. This God is the Jade Emperor in the Western Heaven."

While the immigrant soldiers were whispering to each other.

Odebiou secretly narrowed his eyes to a slit, and felt very satisfied when he saw the frightened expressions of the tribesmen, because he wanted this effect.

Odebiou has been very unlucky in the past few days. He encountered East African Colonial Government's iron fist, failed in the war, was in miserable exile, and the hearts of the tribe were unstable.

Today, he suddenly discovered that the East African colony soldiers were no longer pursuing him. Odebiou was worthy of being the hero of the Koge Tribe generation.

He immediately thought of a way to re-consolidate his position in the hearts of the tribe.

Odebiou, who was lying on the ground, suddenly stood up, sat cross-legged, thought of himself, shook his body, and instantly "awakened".

In the surprised eyes of the tribesmen, Odebiou said, "Warriors of the tribe, just now, I received guidance from the gods. He told me to go northwest! There is my personal Promised Land."

"The gods live there, so these demons dare not take a step forward. Look back and see if those demons dare not step forward!"

The tribesmen followed Odebiou's hint and looked back. Indeed, the East African colony soldiers stood where they were and had no intention of continuing the pursuit.

Seeing the natives turning back one after another, the East African colony soldiers suddenly felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy. Thinking that these natives wanted to make a last-ditch resistance, they clenched their guns again.

Seeing the suddenly nervous East African colony soldiers, Koge Tribe was even more convinced by Odebiou's statement. If they weren't afraid of gods, why were they nervous?

Thinking that they were protected by gods, Koge Tribe immediately cheered. They shouted "Odebiou the Divine Emissary" and danced around Odebiou on the spot.

Odebiou looked at the scene in front of him with satisfaction. He raised his hands in the air and slowly lowered them down to signal silence.

"Warriors, we continue to move northwest. The gods will bless us."

So Odebiou, who had reestablished his authority, headed towards Kingdom of Karagwe with his clan members in high spirits.

The soldiers of East African colony felt confused.

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