Maji Maji Rebellion
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- MAJI MAJI REBELLION
- WE CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE !
- AFRICAN VILLAGERS RESISTED THE GERMANS' DEMAND THAT THEY PLANT COTTON, A CASH CROP FOR EXPORT.
- PERHAPS YOUR RIGHT...
- IN 1905, AFRICANS BEGAN TO BELIEVE THAT MAGIC WATER CALLED "MAJI MAJI" WOULD PROTECT THEM FROM GERMANS IN WAR.
- MAY THERE BULLETS TURN INTO WATER AFTER WE WASH WITH THIS WATER...
- OUR ANCESTORS WILL HELP US
- THE UPRISING KNOWN AS THE "MAJI MAJI" REBELLION HAD OVER 20 THNIC GROUPS UNITED TO FIGHT FOR THEIR FREEDOM.
- RESISTANCE FIGHTERS ARMED WITH SPEARS AND PROTECTED BY MAGIC WATER DIED AFTER ATTACKING A GERMAN MACHINE-GUN POST.
- A FAMINE FOLLOWED AFTER THE WAR, PARTIALLY CREATED BY THE GERMANS WHO WANTED TO ENSURE THE FINAL SURRENDER OF THE REBELS. MORE THAN TWICE THE PEOPLE DIED.
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