Maji Maji

1905-1907Official began 31st July 1905.Maji - sacred water, 'immunity'Led my majumbe (village chiefs)

Village Chief, led the rebellion

German policy to grow cash cropsLow wages

Majumbe, organized revolts against germans

- Leader of Maji Maji rebellion- Distributed 'medicine', magic holy water ('bulletproof')

- Dislocation & famine- 75,000 - 200,000 casulties- Maji Maji failed- holy Water failed- G.

Von Gotzen dismissed for demanding- forced labors that led to rebellion- Forced labor Discouraged

- Before 1890's, resources int he country were unknown- Germans focused on cash crops- DOAG experimentation: rubber, tobacco, coffee, tea & cotton- 1893+ sisal major cash crop export- 1896-1906, doors open to cash crop policy- 100 estates and 20 plantations founded

- DOAG

- Railway- More settlers & plantations

- Villagers forced to work on estate- 1898, taxation introduced, stimulate workers- Slow economy, Gotzen stressed cotton cash crop productions for no compensation- Rechenburg, discouraged european settlement.- Forced labor prohibited (cause of rebel)

- 700 estates

- Rwanda & Burundi closed to labor recruitment- New system, peasants production of cash crops.

- Crops to sell & export, money makers, not local use

name took by Ngwale, leader of resistance of tanganika (tanzania) against germans. claimed he was possessed by a snake spirit called Hongo.

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Spiritual snake, Kinjikitile titled himself as such.

1. Tribal unity, formation of alliances2.

Peasant principle (grievances)3. Religion