explain rinderpest or the cattle plague ( please give text book answer) i will Mark u as Brainlist
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i) In Africa, in the 1890s, a fast spreading disease of cattle plague or rinderpest had a terrifying impact on people's livelihoods of the local economy.
ii) This a good example of the widespread European imperial impact on colonised societies.
iii) It shows how in this era of conquest enema disease affecting cattle reshaped the lines and fortunes of thousands of people and their relations with the rest of the world.
iv) Rinderpest arrived in Africa in the late 1880s. It was carried by infected by infected cattle imported from British Asia to feed the Italian soldiers invading the Eritrea in East Africa.
v) Entering Africa in the east, rinderpest moved west like forest fire reaching Africa's Atlantic Coast in 1892. It reached the Cape (Africa's southernmost tip) 5 years later.Along the way rinderpest killed 90 percent of the cattle.
Explanation:
- Rinderpest or cattle plague in Africa
- It was a severe disease among cattle which acted as an adverse and turning point in african history
- Africa was a vast land with plenty of mineral resources however the population was low here
- The people hardly worked for wages. There was plenty for the people which made them hardly work for wages
- Howver aftr late 19th century coming of british situation seems to b changing
- They wanted to exploit the land and resources here howver no one in africa was ready to work
- Thus Europeans introduced harsh laws like increase taxation, family laws of only one property holder in family and compulsion for transports of people
- Then in 1880 came rinderpest in east africa via the cattle brought frm British Asia for italian soldier who were invading Eritrea in east africa
- It spread to west like wild fire till 1990 becoming an epidemic
- In 1992 it reached atlantc of africa
- Then to capetown the southernmost of Africa killing 90% cattle
- This worsened the situation for africans making them forcely work for wages and be a labour under british
- Howvr for British werr benefitted from this getting their labours
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