Nassua
| Nassua | |
|---|---|
| Royal advisor to Mangi Ndesserua | |
| Reign | 1869–1871 |
| Regent of Machame | |
| Reign | 1889–1894 |
| Born | Nassua Kisohongu Rengua Kombe c.1830s Foo, Machame Kingdom |
| Died | c.1900s Wari, Machame, German East Africa |
| Burial | Wari, Machame |
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| Father | Kishongu son of Rengua |
"Nassua" or "Nassua of Machame" (c.1830s-1900s), (Njama Nassua in Kichagga; Mahauri Nassua in Swahili) served as the royal advisor Njama of his cousin Mangi Ndesserua from the late 1861 to 1871 in the kingdom of Machame. From 1889 to 1894, he was the regent of his nephew, Mangi Shangali. Nassua was the son of Kishongu, who was Mangi Mamkinga's eldest brother and the grandson of the great Mangi Rengua. In the 1840s, Mamkinga murdered Kishogu. In addition to granting his nephew Shangali the Machame throne, Nassua is renowned for his strategic loyalty to Nuya of Machame and Mangi Sina.