what was rinderpest? how had it affected the African community ? (5marks)
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In the 1890s, an epizootic of the rinderpestvirus struck Africa, considered to be "the most devastating epidemic to hit southern Africa in the late nineteenth century".It killed more than 5.2 million cattle south of the Zambezi,as well as domestic oxen, sheep, and goats, and wild populations of buffalo, giraffe, and wildebeest. This led to starvation resulting in the death of an estimated third of the human population of Ethiopia and two-thirds of the Maasai people of Tanzania.
The virus is thought to have been introduced into Eritrea in 1887 by Indian cattle brought by the Italians for their campaign against Somalia. It spread throughout the Horn of Africa, and crossed the Zambezi in March of 1896.
The virus is thought to have been introduced into Eritrea in 1887 by Indian cattle brought by the Italians for their campaign against Somalia. It spread throughout the Horn of Africa, and crossed the Zambezi in March of 1896.
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