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State five reasons why Africans were defeated in the Maji Maji rebellion

State five reasons why Africans were defeated in the Maji Maji rebellion.

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John
i) Germany's armay was strong and also received assistance from Somali, Sudan and New Guinea.

ii) Africans had inferior weapons compared to the Germans.

iii) Lack of unity among the Africans that is, some communities collaborated and others resisted.

iv) Capture of African leaders for example, Kinjeketile demoralised the fighters.

v) Failure of their traditional religion to protect them against the bullets.

vi) Use of the scorched earth policy by the Germans left Africans devasted without food

vii) Africans were disorganised hence defeated.
johnmulu answered the question on April 26, 2017 at 09:36

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