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Explain the effect of rinderpest in Africa |
| Answer» 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\xa0forest\xa0fire.(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)\xa0Colonial\xa0government forced the Africans into\xa0labour\xa0market. | |