Second Chimurenga
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The Second Chimurenga was the protracted guerrilla war of liberation fought in the 1960s and 1970s that led to the end of white-minority rule in Rhodesia and the creation of independent Zimbabwe.
All labels observed (1)
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| Second Chimurenga canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11922730 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Second Chimurenga Context triple: [Rhodesian Bush War, alsoKnownAs, Second Chimurenga]
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A.
Shona uprisings of 1896–1897
The Shona uprisings of 1896–1897 were a major anti-colonial revolt by the Shona people in what is now Zimbabwe, resisting European conquest and administration during the early period of British colonial rule.
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B.
Gukurahundi
Gukurahundi was a series of brutal state-led massacres and human rights abuses in the 1980s in Zimbabwe, primarily targeting Ndebele civilians in Matabeleland and the Midlands.
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C.
Rwandan Civil War
The Rwandan Civil War was a conflict from 1990 to 1994 between the Rwandan government and the Rwandan Patriotic Front that culminated in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi and reshaped the political landscape of Central Africa.
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D.
First Matabele War
The First Matabele War was an 1893–1894 colonial conflict in what is now Zimbabwe, in which British-led forces defeated the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom and paved the way for white settler control of the region.
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E.
Chinhoyi Battle of 1966
The Chinhoyi Battle of 1966 was an early armed confrontation in the Rhodesian Bush War, marking one of the first significant guerrilla attacks by Zimbabwean nationalists against the white-minority regime.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Second Chimurenga Target entity description: The Second Chimurenga was the protracted guerrilla war of liberation fought in the 1960s and 1970s that led to the end of white-minority rule in Rhodesia and the creation of independent Zimbabwe.
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A.
Shona uprisings of 1896–1897
The Shona uprisings of 1896–1897 were a major anti-colonial revolt by the Shona people in what is now Zimbabwe, resisting European conquest and administration during the early period of British colonial rule.
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B.
Gukurahundi
Gukurahundi was a series of brutal state-led massacres and human rights abuses in the 1980s in Zimbabwe, primarily targeting Ndebele civilians in Matabeleland and the Midlands.
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C.
Rwandan Civil War
The Rwandan Civil War was a conflict from 1990 to 1994 between the Rwandan government and the Rwandan Patriotic Front that culminated in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi and reshaped the political landscape of Central Africa.
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D.
First Matabele War
The First Matabele War was an 1893–1894 colonial conflict in what is now Zimbabwe, in which British-led forces defeated the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom and paved the way for white settler control of the region.
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E.
Chinhoyi Battle of 1966
The Chinhoyi Battle of 1966 was an early armed confrontation in the Rhodesian Bush War, marking one of the first significant guerrilla attacks by Zimbabwean nationalists against the white-minority regime.
- F. None of above. chosen
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