Nagata Peasant's Uprising

Nagata Peasant's Uprising
Date January 19, 1972 - September 2, 1973 Location Northern Lyoa Result Government victory Revolt suppressed Discrimination against Nagata
Belligerents
Lyoa	Nagata rebels
Commanders and leaders
James Sharokoh Laurent Tulossa	Akandu Yinde Malangu
Strength
10,000 soldiers	2,000-4,000 rebels
Casualties and losses
368 killed	517 killed
8,000+ civilians killed

The Nagata Peasant's Uprising, also called the Nagata Rebellion was an armed revolt of the Nagata people across the north of Lyoa. It was the first war fought by the new Lyoan republic following the conclusion of the Lyoan Revolution. The revolt was a result of years of ethnic tension between the Nagata and other ethnic groups of Lyoa, in particular the Lakku ethnicity, who then-president James Sharokoh was a member of. Originating as a small conflict between local police and Nagata herders, the revolt quickly expanded to include most of the Nagata-inhabited areas of Northern Lyoa, as many joined in rebellion because of a number of grievances under the umbrella idea of Nagata rights.

A certain Akandu Yinde Malangu came to be the overall leader of the revolt. Malangu was a Nagata herder who had alleged abuse by government authorities against him and his family. He was able to unite much of the disorganized revolt into one, unified force that operated to oppose the government. Eventually as the revolt went on, increasing government offensives demoralized the rebels and their supporters, and by late 1973 the revolt had barely 100 fighters. Government forces ended the revolt on September 2, 1973 when they killed Malangu and the last of his rebels surrendered.

Future Lyoan president Laurent Tulossa was made a hero during this war, being appointed overall commander of the Lyoa National Defense Force deployment to stop the revolt. His successful suppression of the rebellion caused him to become a quite popular figure in Lyoa, resulting in mass support of his seizure of power in 1979.