Introduction

            The people of southern tangayika revolted against the germans in 1905.

            The resistance was caused by a number of factors.

CAUSES

• The germans harsh tax policy on the people provoked the resistance.
• The germans forced the people of Tangayika to work on colonial project with little or no pay.
• Low prices were paid for the production of cotton which was the main cash crops giving the people.

MAIN REASON

• The natives were forced to work on communal scheme.
• The resistance was also caused by the germans seizure of natives land for communal work

COURSE/EVENTS

            Anti-German revolt began in southern Tangayika in 1905.Prophet Ngwode was the leader of the revolt and conviced his people to unit and fight for their freedom. The Germans hanged him in 1905 and his brother succeded him.

            As the resistance continued Tangayika traditional doctors claimed they have discover medcins will treat German bullets into water( the name of the medicine was Mayimaji) however the Germans succeeded in suppressing the resistance by 1907.

CONSEQUENCES OF THE RESISTANCE

• The resistance left Germans and thousand of tangayika death.
• There was also material destruction such as: farmlands; houses etc
• It forced the Germans toreform the colonial structures especially the recruitment and treatment of workers.
• Southern Tangayika sufferd from famine.
• Trade was completely discrupted etc.