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The Maji Maji Rebellion, sometimes called the Maji Maji War (Swahili: Vita vya Maji Maji), was an armed rebellion against German colonial rule in German East Africa (modern-day Tanzania). The war was triggered by a German policy designed to force the indigenous population to grow cotton for export, and lasted from 1905 to 1907.After the Scramble for Africa among the major European powers in the 1880s, Germany had reinforced its hold on several formal African colonies.

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  • The Maji Maji Rebellion, sometimes called the Maji Maji War (Swahili: Vita vya Maji Maji), was an armed rebellion against German colonial rule in German East Africa (modern-day Tanzania). The war was triggered by a German policy designed to force the indigenous population to grow cotton for export, and lasted from 1905 to 1907.After the Scramble for Africa among the major European powers in the 1880s, Germany had reinforced its hold on several formal African colonies.
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  • Maji Maji Rebellion
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  • 15 Europeans and 382 Askari
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  • *German East Africa
  • Matumbi,Ngoni people, and otherTanganyikans
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  • German victory
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  • 2,000
  • 5,000~
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