Maji Maji Rebellion

In 1905, the Africans were angered because there was a German policy designed to force Africans to grow cotton for export from, which lasted until 1907. A spirit medium by the name of Kinjikitile Ngwale gave his followers "war medicine" that would turn German bullets into water; it was made up of castor oil and millet seeds. Because the Africans had this "war medicine" also known as maji-maji (majic water), they began an uprising full of resistance to colonial rule in the German colony of Tanganyika. This was known as the Maji Maji Rebellion.
The numerous number of Africans were poorly armed with cap guns, spears, and arrows. Although they had these weapons of little effectiveness, they tried their best because they strongly believed they weren't going to get hurt from the German bullets. African fighters found themselves very unsuccessful when they attacked a German machine-gun post and were trampled on by thousands. 26,000 resisters were recorded to be dead but there were twice as many found dead in the famine that folloewd.


Cotton: The plant that started the Maji Maji Rebellion