He was an African-German Askari and actor. Husen served in World War I in the protection force of German East Africa as a child soldier. After the war and the end of German colonial rule, he could not seem to connect to the service of Great Britain, which had Tanganyika as a "mandate".
Yeye na familia yake waliishi katika Kijiji kimoja kiitwacho Rumecha, Songea wakati wa vita ya Maji maji alikuwa na miaka kama kumi na sita alikuwa amewekwa ndani si kama amefungwa amewekwa ili achezwe unyago pune vita ikaanza na wajerumani wakvamia kijiji chao.