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Maji Maji Rebellion

The Maji Maji Rebellion (German: Maji-Maji-Aufstand, Swahili: Vita vya Maji Maji) was an armed rebellion of Africans against German colonial rule in German East Africa (modern-day Tanzania). The war was triggered by German colonial policies designed to force the indigenous population to grow cotton for export. The war lasted from 1905 to 1907, during which 75,000 to 300,000 died, overwhelmingly from famine.

Maji Maji Rebellion
Maji Maji Rebellion · Maximilian Dörrbecker ( Chumwa ), CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
When
1905 – 1907
Where
German East Africa
Era
Modern

Topics

Tanzania1905 – todayGerman Empire1797 – 1918

Before and after

Constitutionalization attempts in Iran1905 – 1911Moscow uprising of 19051905Show on timeline

Text from the Wikipedia article Maji Maji Rebellion, CC BY-SA 4.0