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Chief Keewazi is the leader of the Waziri tribe from the animated series, The Legend of Tarzan. He becomes a good friend of Tarzan and his friends. Tarzan and his group once aided Chief Keewazi in stopping greedy miners from polluting the waters of his village and earned their life long trust.

Personality[]

Chief Keewazi is shown as a wise and capable leader able to make decisions that aid and protect his tribe. He often acts in favor of the protection of his village and its culture, despising whatever happens to threaten its existence. He greatly cares for his family but is constantly exasperated by his son's reckless and headstrong behavior, fearing it would make him an unsuitable successor. He also cares greatly for the welfare of the nature such jungle and its animals, believing it belongs to no man and that it is something to be protected and cherished. Despite his benevolent nature, he is highly distrusting of outsiders and will be willing to war with those who threaten his home regardless of how many of his own people's lives it would cost. However, he is also eminently fair and willing to give others a chance in aiding his people. He is also quite fit and skilled at combat, able to disarm a large knife wielding man in an instant.

The Legend of Tarzan[]

"Tarzan and the Poisoned River"[]

Chief Keewazi is first introduced detaining Jane and her father thinking they were one of the men responsible for poisoning the river near his village and killing his people, while being able to do nothing because the miner's weapons were too dangerous. After the confusion was cleared up, Chief Keewazi helped Jane and her father by allowing Basuli to travel with Tarzan to infiltrate the mine, but are captured by its leader McTeague. Chief Keewazi tries to wage war against the miners but is convinced it would cost too many of his people's lives by Professor Porter who suggests they pretend to be inspectors to stop the mining operations. The plan failed and the miners proceeded to destroy the Waziri's village but the people managed to escape. Jane then proposes they build a dam, to cut off the water flow. When McTeague sees this and demands to have the water back, Keewazi refuses and collapses the dam, creating a flashflood that destroys the mine. This defeats McTeague and his men before Keewazi fights and defeats McTeague himself and forces him to run away, leaving the jungle for good. After this, Tarzan, Jane, the Professor, Terk, and Tantor make peace with the Waziris as they take one of their canoes down the river to head for home.

"Tarzan and the Eagle's Feather"[]

Chief Keewazi is seen again during his son's wedding between Basuli and his childhood love Naoh. As part of his people's ancient marriage ritual as dictated by Keewazi, Basuli must journey to a tall mountain and bring back an Eagle's feather. Keewazi remained adamant about the tradition and threatened to call off the wedding for Naoh threatening to act against it. Basuli returns to the village to defy the marriage tradition of his people but revealed he also had the feather regardless and managed to marry Naoh unabated with his father's approval and decision that Basuli could marry, feather or not.

Gallery[]


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Tarzan logo
Media
Films: Tarzan (soundtrack/video) • Tarzan & JaneTarzan II (video) • The Legend of Tarzan

Television: The Legend of TarzanHouse of Mouse
Video Games: Disney's TarzanTarzan: UntamedReturn to the JungleKingdom HeartsDisney's Extreme Skate Adventure

Disney Parks
Disney Animation BuildingTarzan's Treehouse

Entertainment: Disney Adventure Friends CavalcadeFantasmic!Festival of Family & FriendsHakuna Matata Time Dance PartyOne Man's Dream II: The Magic Lives On!Rivers of Light: We Are OneTarzan Rocks!Tarzan: The EncounterThe Forest of Enchantment: A Disney Musical AdventureThe Golden Mickeys
Shops: Professor Porter's Trading Post
Parades: Parade of the StarsFlights of Fantasy ParadeMickey's Soundsational Parade
Fireworks: Believe... There's Magic in the StarsCelebrate the MagicHappily Ever AfterMomentousRemember... Dreams Come TrueTree of Life AwakensIlluminate! A Nighttime CelebrationWondrous Journeys
Christmas: A Christmas Fantasy Parade

Characters
Original: TarzanTerkTantorKalaKerchakKerchak and Kala's BabyFlynt and MungoSaborTarzan's ParentsManuJane PorterArchimedes Q. PorterClayton and his menBaboonsThe Captain

Midquel: ZugorMama GundaKago and Uto
TV Series: Robert CanlerNigel TaylorTublatHistaZuthoGozan and HungoIan McTeagueThaddeus HuntJake & SamMabayaGobuFungiCount Nikolas RokoffLady WalthamQueen LaLeopard MenMuviroKajDr. DoyleEleanorGreenlyHazelIanLieutenant Colonel StaquaitRenard DumontJohannes NielsSamuel T. PhilanderTheodore RooseveltHugo and HooftNura and SheetaEdgar Rice BurroughsManganiJabariDaniaGerman PoacherBasuliNaohChief KeewaziFemale Tyrannosaurus RexVelociraptorsTriceratopsWaziri TribeStanley ObrowskiAbby Markham

Episodes
Season One: "Race Against Time" • "Trading Post" • "Lost Cub" • "Lost City of Opar" • "Fugitives" • "Rogue Elephant" • "Poisoned River" • "Enemy Within" • "Fountain" • "Hidden World" • "Rift" • "Giant Beetles" • "Jungle Madness" • "Protege" • "Leopard Men Rebellion" • "Rough Rider" • "Seeds of Destruction" • "Silver Ape" • "Challenger" • "Outbreak" • "Silver Screen" • "Beast from Below" • "All-Seeing Elephant" • "New Wave" • "Lost Treasure" • "Return of La" • "One Punch Mulligan" • "Missing Link" • "Prison Break" • "Eagle's Feather" • "Face from the Past" • "Caged Fury" • "Gauntlet of Vengeance" • "Mysterious Visitor" • "Tublat's Revenge"

Season Two: "British Invasion" • "Volcanic Diamond Mine" • "Flying Ace"

Songs
Film: Two WorldsYou'll Be in My HeartSon of ManTrashin' the CampStrangers Like MeSinging to the Song of LifeWho Am I?

Musical: Who Better than MeNo Other WayI Need to KnowSure as Sun Turns to MoonWaiting for this MomentDifferentLike No Man I've Ever SeenFor the First TimeEverything that I Am

Locations
AfricaJunglePellucidarDark MountainSkull Cave
See Also
The Disney AfternoonDisney RenaissanceMusical/SoundtrackQueen La's Staff
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