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State any three ways in which colonial land policies negatively affected the Africans in the colonial period.

State any three ways in which colonial land policies negatively affected the Africans in the colonial period.

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gideon
- Made African land to be alienated making them landless.
- Africans were pushed to specific infertile areas designated as African reserves.
- Africans were forced to work on European farms in order to earn a living
- Africans became squatters in European farms.
- Shortage of land in the reserve led to overcrowding.
- Overcrowding, over cultivation, and over grazing in the reserve led to soil erosion.
- The policies brought poverty and misery to the Africans.
- Land alienation disrupted traditional structures.
- Loss of land led to resentment and discontent among Africans leading to the rise of nationalism
and struggle for independence.
- Led to introduction of taxes to the Africans to ensure constant supply of labour.
- Led to introduction of the Kipande system to ensure African workers in the European farms did
not desert their employment.
gideon1 answered the question on October 4, 2017 at 13:33

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