Thursday, June 2, 2011

A War Might Start?: Jose A. Diaz-Jeronimo

It's been two years after most of Europe's most powerful countries have token control of what use to be a beautiful place to live on, Africa. Today I'll be talking about one particular European country that has token over several formal African colonies. This Nation is Germany. Germans began demanding head taxes, and relied heavily on forced labor to build roads and accomplish various other tasks. 

I couldn't believe that the governor also ordered villages to grow cotton as a Cash Crop. Each village was charged with producing a common plot of cotton. The Headmen of the village is left in charge of overseeing the production, a position that left them vulnerable to criticism and rage from the population. The use of regular villagers, who had other things to do, to produce cotton was extremely unpopular across Tanzania. In many places the villagers simply refused to work the land, or refused payment. 

The German policies were not only unpopular but also had serious effects on the lives of Africans. The social fabric of society is being changed rapidly. The social roles of men and women are being change to face the needs of the communities. Since men were forced away from their homes to work, women are now being force to assume some of the traditional male roles.  These effects created a lot of animosity against the government at this period.  Recently a drought has threatened the region. 

The people can't take it no more. Therefore, I have been confirmed that there might be a possibility that there are groups that will try to Rebel against the Germans. For now I cannot expose the leader for this upcoming heroic event. However, I can tell you people that there is a rumor that there is medicine that will protect our people from the Germans weapons. 

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