Describe the impact of 'rinderpest, on people 's livelihood and local economy in Africa in the 1890s
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Rinderpest was the fast-spreading and devastating disease of cattle plague.
Effects of Rinderpest :
It affected the Africans in following ways :
(i) Rinderpest moved like forest fire.
(ii) 90% of cattle were killed.
(iii) The loss of cattle destroyed African livelihoods. Earlier people rarely worked for a wage. They possessed land and livestock. Due to Rinderpest, they were forced to work for wages and so it affected the economy.
(iv) Colonial government forced the Africans into labour market.
Effects of Rinderpest :
It affected the Africans in following ways :
(i) Rinderpest moved like forest fire.
(ii) 90% of cattle were killed.
(iii) The loss of cattle destroyed African livelihoods. Earlier people rarely worked for a wage. They possessed land and livestock. Due to Rinderpest, they were forced to work for wages and so it affected the economy.
(iv) Colonial government forced the Africans into labour market.
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The impact of rinderpest on people's livelihood and local economy in Africa in late 1890s was very terrible.
●It was spread by an infected cattle brought by British people for feeding the Italian soldiers invading Eritrea in them.
●It spread and devastated the local economy
it had a terrifying effect on livelihood of local people because it forced the people to be shifted in the labour market as earlier they were reluctant to do so because of abundance of land and livestocks
●It killed 90 percent of Africas cattle and livestock
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