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List the methods adopted by europeans to make africans to become wage |
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Answer» opean employers FOUND it difficult to recruit labour in Africa because historically. Africa had abundant land and a relatively small population. For centuries, land and livestock sustained African livelihood and people rarely worked for wages.Methods to recruit and retain labour :(i) HEAVY taxes : Tile colonial government started imposing heavy taxes which could be paid only by working for wages on PLANTATIONS and mines.(ii) New inheritance laws : Inheritance laws were changed so that the peasants were displaced from land: only one member of a family was allowed to inherit land, others were pushed into the labour market(iii) RESTRICTION on movement : Miners were also enclosed in compounds, and were not allowed to move about freely. |
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