Question

what was rinderpest? when did it arrive in Africa

Answer 1

Rinderpest (also cattle plague or steppe murrain) was an infectious viral disease of cattle, domestic buffalo, and many other species of even-toed ungulates, including buffaloes, large antelope and deer, giraffes, wildebeests, and warthogs.[1] The disease was characterized by fever, oral erosions, diarrhea, lymphoid necrosis, and high mortality. Death rates during outbreaks were usually extremely high, approaching 100% in immunologically naïve populations.[2] Rinderpest was mainly transmitted by direct contact and by drinking contaminated water, although it could also be transmitted by air.[3] After a global eradication campaign, the last confirmed case of rinderpest was diagnosed in 2011.[4]
It was arrived in 1888-1890s in Africa after that it was sought out

Answer 2

rinderpest was a disease which took birth from cattle.it was started during the period of globalization, in the 1890s an epizootic of rinderpest virus stuck Africa, considered to be the most devastating epidemic to hit south Africa in the late 19CE. it killed more than 5.2 cattle south of the zambezi as well as domestic oxen, sheep, goats,and wild populations of buffalo, giraffe and wildebeest.