Maji Maji Rebellion

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Maji Maji Rebellion
Part of Scramble for Africa
Battle of Mahenge, painting by Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert, 1908.
Date July 1905 – August 1907 Location German East Africa (modern-day Tanzania) Result German victory
Belligerents
Germany German East Africa	Qadiriyya Brotherhood Matumbi Ngindo, Ngoni, Yao tribes other Tanganyikans
Commanders and leaders
G.A. von Götzen Kurt Johannes F. W. von Lindeiner-Wildau	Kinjekitile Ngwale  Nasr Khalfan[1] Hemedi Muhammad
Strength
c. 2,000	c. 90,000
Casualties and losses
15 Germans, 73 askari, and 316 ruga ruga[2]	75,000–300,000 total dead by famine, disease, and violence[3][4]

The Maji Maji Rebellion (German: Maji-Maji-Aufstand, Swahili: Vita vya Maji Maji), was an armed rebellion of Africans against German colonial rule in German East Africa (modern-day Tanzania). The war was triggered by German colonial policies designed to force the indigenous population to grow cotton for export. The war lasted from 1905 to 1907, during which 75,000 to 300,000 died, overwhelmingly from famine.^[5] The end of the war was followed by a period of famine, known as the Great Hunger (ukame), caused in large part by the scorched-earth policies used by governor von Götzen to suppress the rebellion. These tactics have been described by scholars as genocidal.^[6][7] The name may have been the origin of the term for the 'Mau Mau rebellion' in Kenya five decades later.