Rinderpest was the fast-spreading and devastating disease of cattle plague.
It affected the Africans in the following ways :
(i) Rinderpest moved like forest fire.
(ii) 90% of cattle were killed.
(iii) The loss of cattle destroyed African livelihoods. Earlier people rarely worked for a wage. They possessed land and livestock. Due to Rinderpest, they were forced to work for wages and so it affected the economy.
(iv) The colonial government forced the Africans into labor market.
