Question

How Did rinderpest become instrumental in subjugating the Africans??

Answer 1

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HERE'S YOUR ANSWER...
Rinderpest was a disease that spread mainly through cattles. It affected Africa worst when this disease was brought through a cattle from Europe... It spread in almost all parts of Africa within 7 years... almost 90% of cattles died. The main livelihood of Africans was destroyed.
This forced them to work in Industries set up by British this is how Rinderpest became a subjugating Instrument .

Answer 2

(i) The loss of 90% of the cattle destroyed African

livelihoods.

(ii) Planters, mine owners and colonial governments

now successfully monopolised what scarce cattle

resources remained, to strengthen their power and

forced Africans into the labour market.

(iii) Control over the scarce resource of cattle enabled

European colonisers to conquer and subdue Africa.